Tsunami warning issued for American Samoa after Tonga's Hunga volcano erupts

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[janetjanet998]

BREAKING: Tsunami warning issued for American Samoa after Tonga's Hunga volcano erupts

[caww]

Tsunami from the Volcano eruption rolling in

[caww]

Enormous eruption at Hunga Tonga volcano near Tonga in the S Pacific. I included

the east coast of Australia in the image so the scale of the ash cloud is abundantly clear.....

[caww]

Check this out....shows the entire globe from NASA and you can see the Volcano plume as the earth spins.....pretty amazing

https://twitter.com/highwindmk2/status/1482250391194591235

[caww]

A 'second tsunami event near Tonga has triggering warnings for Australia,

Fiji, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Samoa, Lord Howe and Norkfolk Island.

[caww]

For Perspective....Plume was as large as S. Korea when it erupted

[SaveFerris]

WOW 😲

[CatHerd]

Indeed:

https://www.theflindersnews.com.au/story/7582346/tonga-tsunami-triggers-marine-warnings/?cs=9676

At least the Queries should have time to make it to higher ground or a kilometer inland as instructed. Let’s pray they all make it.

[caww]

The Hunga Tonga volcano explosion was heard over 2000km away in New Zealand

[caww]

[caww]

It’s hitting most of the news cycles abroad. Course our news gets it last if at all.

[CatHerd]

My thoughts, too! You are doing a grand job of keeping us informed. Thank you!

Comments from that amazing Twitter feed you posted earlier:

Bren.d.o: “Woah.... How that tsunami was only two feet makes no sense to me. That’s a miracle”

HankJ.W. “Tsunamis are created by the mass displacement of water during a tectonic event. An eruption with a lot of upwards thrust looks very impressive in the atmosphere but moves much less water than a whole ass tectonic plate playing bumper cars with the rest.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/BRENJENMX/status/1482250834033401858

I hope Hank knows whereof he speaks, for the sake of those still due to meet the tsunami.

[mewzilla]

Just updated...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10405447/Tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea-volcano-erupts-Pacific.html

[telescope115]

Thanks for sending that amazing video. I hope damage and casualties locally are minimal. Thank God it wasn’t closer to U.S. territory!

[caww]

Generally I can fetch plenty of photos but this event is on the Islands and there’s a time measure as well....so we’ll see but this is a major event .

[caww]

I know it’s really a huge eruption and there’s been a second one as well...

[mewzilla]

NWS Portland
@NWSPortland
Event is currently being reviewed. This is in reference to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption. Disregard the “magnitude” - this is an unusual event that doesn’t fit our standard messaging.

Again, this event is currently being reviewed to determine #tsunami threat to WA/OR.
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NWS Tsunami Alerts
@NWS_NTWC
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Tsunami Info Stmt: M1.0 Tonga Islands 2027PST Jan 14: Event is being reviewed to determine threat to CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK
6:31 AM · Jan 15, 2022

[caww]

Australia closed it's beaches...for this Tsunami threat....could be more if this thing keeps erupting....already two explosions...

[CatHerd]

“Update from Ono-i-Lau

The villagers of Nukuni, Lovoni, & Motokana have all evacuated to Ono District School where they will spend the night. Doi village have all evacuated to the Primary school located on Doi island.

The island is grey, as ash have covered the whole island.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/IliesaWT

[telescope115]

Yeah you’re right. We’ll just have to see how far it goes. Hopefully it’s almost done.
Just had a thought; is that volcano part of the “Ring of Fire”?

[SE Mom]

Holy crap! This is pretty incredible.