Locals in Tonga had always known it as Maka Lahi, “large rock,” but scientists quickly realized it was much more.

A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers ...

A massive, cliff-top boulder in Tonga reveals a 7,000-year-old mega tsunami, offering new insights for coastal hazard ...

New results suggest that the object was transported inland thousands of years ago when tsunami waves breached a 120-foot cliff. That event might have been set in motion by an earthquake in the nearby ...

A 1200-tonne boulder in Tonga was swept inland when a 50-metre-high wave slammed into a 30-metre-tall cliff. “This is not just a boulder; it’s the biggest wave-lifted boulder ever found on a ...