Several islands in the Pacific Ocean have issued tsunami warnings as a result of an eruption in an underwater volcano.
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The volcanic eruption started on Saturday and is currently the last of a series of spectacular eruptions in the volcano Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai.
A tsunami wave of 1.2 meters has hit the island state of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean after an eruption in an underwater volcano, writes NTB. according to Australian Meteorological Institute is the wave observed at Nuku’alofa, which is the capital of Tonga and the country’s largest city.
VG has seen a number of videos that have been posted on social media, and which are claimed to show the ravages of the tsunami on Tonga. The content of the videos has not been verified, but has been posted by twitter users on Tonga and reproduced in various media.
The videos show large waves washing inland coastal areas on Tonga. They also show people evacuating residential areas, and people fleeing their homes in a hurry. Large bodies of water flood through residential areas and into buildings.
Tonga’s meteorological services state that the tsunami forecast applies to the whole of Tonga. New Zealand has also issued a tsunami alert, according to Reuters. The same has American Samoa.
There are also a number of reports of people searching for the heights of the island state of Fiji. It should not be a tsunami threat to Australia.
Tonga is located between New Zealand and Hawaii and consists of 172 small islands. The country has just over 100,000 inhabitants.
Saturday’s volcanic eruption created tremors that erupted with a magnitude of 4, according to USGS.
The case is being updated.
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