An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. Tsunami advisories were issued for other Pacific islands, the Australian east coast, Hawaii, Alaska and the US Pacific coast. Tonga's Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite. The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano is about 64km north of the capital, Nuku’alofa. It said “an initial land tsunami warning for low-lying coastal areas of Lord Howe Island has since been downgraded to a marine tsunami warning” on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2022 10:29 UTC