Tsunami warning as thousands evacuated in Japan and California after Tonga eruption
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JAPAN has ordered more than 210,000 people to evacuate eight prefectures due to tsunami warnings after the earlier volcanic eruption in Tonga.
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Yomiuri Online news outlet in Japan has stated the nation has warned of waves as high as three metres after the eruption in Tonga. Already waves of 1.2 metres have hit the south of the country. A flood warning has been issued for Hawaii after tsunami waves have been detected offshore.
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The tsunami advisory warning was issued for Hawaii after an earlier volcanic eruption in Tonga.
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Tonga, which is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 South Pacific islands, experienced multiple waves after the eruption that submerged much of its coastline underwater.
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The warning included details of strong currents and high waves that will hit California on Saturday morning.
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However, inundation of the Californian coastline is not expected.
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The mainland tsunami advisory now extends along the full western seaboard of the US.
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This stretches from California's border with Mexico to Attu Island at the tip of Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has also received a tsunami warning.
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According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, there has been no damage identified so far on Japanese islands.
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There has been "no confusion or trouble" seen within the jurisdiction of the Oshima, Niijima, Miyakejima, Hachijojima, and Ogasawara stations on remote Japanese islands.
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British journalist for The Register Iain Thomson tweeted: "Berkeley police: People living in the Marina or the area of need to evacuate immediately.
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"The Berkeley Fire Department has ordered a mandatory evacuation in the Marinia area or those living in the area due to tsunami warning.
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"2-3 feet waves are due around 7:30 AM."
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"A Tsunami advisory continues in effect for the state of Hawaii.
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"A volcanic eruption occurred with these preliminary parametres.
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The US Weather service then gave a list of reports of Tsunami wave activity in different parts of the Hawaiian Islands and the west coast of the United States.
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"The situation is being monitored closely and the advisory will end when the hazard has passed.
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After the tsunami wave detection, residents of Hawaii, Alaska and along the US Pacific coast were asked to move away from the coastline and to higher ground.
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"I hope that elevates the importance and severity for our citizens."
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Volcano erupts in Pacific, West Coast under tsunami advisory
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.
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The eruption cut the internet to Tonga, leaving friends and family members around the world on Sunday still anxiously trying to get in touch to figure out if there were any injuries and the extent of the damage. Even government websites and other official sources remained without any updates.
Satellite images showed a huge eruption, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters. A sonic boom could be heard as far away as Alaska.
Tsunami advisories were issued for Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Pacific coast. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the eruption caused the equivalent of magnitude 5.8 earthquake. Scientists said tsunamis generated by volcanoes rather than earthquakes are relatively rare.
The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning was declared for all of the archipelago, and data from the Pacific tsunami center said waves of 80 centimeters (2.7 feet) were detected.
Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau, who chairs the New Zealand Tonga Business Council, said she hoped the relatively low level of the tsunami waves would have allowed most people to get to safety, although she worried about those living on islands closest to the volcano. She said she hadn¡¯t yet been able to contact her friends and family in Tonga.
¡°We are praying that the damage is just to infrastructure and people were able to get to higher land,¡± she said.
Tonga gets its internet via an undersea cable from Suva, Fiji, which presumably was damaged. All internet connectivity with Tonga was lost at about 6:40 p.m. local time, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for the network intelligence firm Kentik.
Southern Cross Cable Network, the company that manages the connection, does not know yet ¡°if the cable is cut or just suffering power loss,¡± chief technical officer Dean Veverka said.
The Fiji-based Islands Business news site reported that a convoy of police and military troops evacuated Tonga¡¯s King Tupou VI from his palace near the shore. He was among the many residents who headed for higher ground.
On Tonga, home to about 105,000 people, video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas, swirling around homes, a church and other buildings.
New Zealand¡¯s military said it was monitoring the situation and remained on standby, ready to assist if asked.
In Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported waves that measured half a meter (1.6 feet) in Nawiliwili, Kauai and 80 centimeters (2.7 feet) in Hanalei. The National Weather Service said there were reports of boats getting pushed up in docks, but the hazard diminished as the morning went on.
¡°We are relieved that there is no reported damage and only minor flooding throughout the islands,¡± the tsunami center said, describing the situation in Hawaii. The tsunami advisory for the islands was lifted about 11 hours after the eruption more than 4,828 kilometers (3,000 miles) away.
In Tonga, a Twitter user identified as Dr. Faka¡¯iloatonga Taumoefolau posted video showing waves crashing ashore.
¡°Can literally hear the volcano eruption, sounds pretty violent,¡± he wrote, adding in a later post: ¡°Raining ash and tiny pebbles, darkness blanketing the sky.¡±
The explosion of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha¡¯apai volcano was the latest in a series of dramatic eruptions.
Earth imaging company Planet Labs PBC had watched the island in recent days after a new volcanic vent there began erupting in late December.
Satellite images captured by the company show how drastically the volcano had shaped the area, creating a growing island off Tonga.
¡°The surface area of the island appears to have expanded by nearly 45% due to ashfall,¡± Planet Labs said days before the latest activity.
Following Saturday¡¯s eruption, residents in Hawaii, Alaska and along the U.S. Pacific coast were advised to move away from the coastline to higher ground and to pay attention to specific instructions from their local emergency management officials, said Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator for the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska.
¡°We don¡¯t issue an advisory for this length of coastline as we¡¯ve done - I¡¯m not sure when the last time was - but it really isn¡¯t an everyday experience,¡± Snider said.
He said the waves slamming ashore in Hawaii were just under the criteria for a more serious tsunami warning.
¡°It looks like everything will stay below the warning level, but it¡¯s difficult to predict because this is a volcanic eruption, and we¡¯re set up to measure earthquake or seismic-driven sea waves,¡± Snider said.
The first waves to hit the continental United States measured about 33 centimeters (1 foot) in Nikolski, Alaska, and 59 centimeters (1.9 feet) in Adak, Alaska. A wave of about 79 centimeters (2.6 feet) was observed in Monterey, California, according to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center.
Beaches and piers were closed across Southern California as a precaution. The National Weather Service tweeted there were ¡°no significant concerns about inundation.¡± Strong rip currents were possible, however, and officials warned people to stay out of the water.
On California¡¯s central coast, the National Weather Service reported tsunami waves up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) and flooding in beach parking lots at Port San Luis. About 200 miles (320 km) down the coast, the waves were much smaller at Southern California¡¯s Seal Beach, according to Michael Pless, the owner of M&M Surf School.
¡°The waves are looking pretty flat,¡± Pless said. ¡°We¡¯re hoping they reopen the beach in a couple hours.¡±
Crowds gathered at the Santa Cruz Harbor in California to watch the rising and falling water strain boat ties on docks. Law enforcement tried to clear people away when big surges started at around 7:30 a.m.
About an hour later, a surge went over the back lip of the harbor, filling a parking lot and low-lying streets and setting some cars afloat. In 2011 after the Japanese earthquake a series of surges cost $20 million of damage in the harbor.
Although experienced surfers would consider the waves reaching the West Coast barely high enough to qualify as swells, the National Weather Service warned that tsunamis cause deceptive water surges powerful enough to pull people out to sea.
Residents of American Samoa were alerted of a tsunami warning by local broadcasters as well as church bells that rang territory-wide Saturday. An outdoor siren warning system was out of service. Those living along the shoreline quickly moved to higher ground.
As night fell, there were no reports of any damage and the Hawaii-based tsunami center canceled the alert.
Authorities in the nearby island nations of Fiji and Samoa also issued warnings, telling people to avoid the shoreline due to strong currents and dangerous waves. In New Zealand, officials warned of possible storm surges from the eruption.
New Zealand¡¯s private forecaster, Weather Watch, tweeted that people as far away as Southland, the country¡¯s southernmost region, reported hearing sonic booms from the eruption. Others reported that many boats were damaged by a tsunami that hit a marina in Whangarei, in the Northland region.
Earlier, the Matangi Tonga news site reported that scientists observed massive explosions, thunder and lightning near the volcano after it started erupting early Friday. Satellite images showed a 5-kilometer (3-mile) -wide plume rising into the air to about 20 kilometers (12 miles).
The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha¡¯apai volcano is located about 64 kilometers (40 miles) north of the capital, Nuku¡¯alofa. In late 2014 and early 2015, a series of eruptions in the area created a small new island and disrupted international air travel to the Pacific archipelago for several days.
There is not a significant difference between volcanoes underwater and on land, and underwater volcanoes become bigger as they erupt, at some point usually breaching the surface, said Hans Schwaiger, a research geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
With underwater volcanoes, however, the water can add to the explosivity of the eruption as it hits the lava, Schwaiger added.
Before an explosion, there is generally an increase in small local earthquakes at the volcano, but depending on how far it is from land, that may not be felt by residents along the shoreline, Schwaiger said.
In 2019, Tonga lost internet access for nearly two weeks when a fiber-optic cable was severed. The director of the local cable company said at the time that a large ship may have cut the cable by dragging an anchor. Until limited satellite access was restored people couldn¡¯t even make international calls.
Southern Cross Cable Network¡¯s Veverka said limited satellite connections exist between Tonga and other parts of the world but he did not know if they might be affected by power outages.
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