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A Pacific tsunami warning centre said a hazardous tsunami was generated in Tonga and that there is a threat to American Samoa. Itll be interesting to see once the eruption stops if its a landslide you can usually see a crescent shaped formation on the volcano although it may be underwater.

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Its dark now in Nukualofa and ash is falling.

. Waves have hit the main island Tongatapu including its capital Nukualofa. Territory of American Samoa following volcanic activity in Tonga the US-based Pacific tsunami warning center said. The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning had been put in force for all of Tonga.

Tsunami waves were observed in Tongas capital and the capital of American Samoa a US-based tsunami monitor said. Tsunami waves detected after undersea volcano erupts. Saturdays eruption at 0410 GMT of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater.

An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations including Australia and New Zealand. Tsunami waves measuring 2 feet in height were observed by sea-level gauges at the capital of the US. The Bureau of Meteorology issues a tsunami.

The tsunami threat continues and sea level fluctuations and strong ocean currents pose hazards along beaches in harbors the tsunami monitor said in a. The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a Tsunami Advisory after a magnitude 10 earthquake struck the Tonga group. The Tsunami they are guessing probably came from an earthquake or underwater landslide caused by the eruption but the eruption doesnt really need to be huge to cause those.

A tsunami warning was issued for the whole of Tonga just after 530pm by the Tonga Meteorological Services. A Twitter user identified as Dr Fakailoatonga Taumoefolau posted video showing waves crashing ashore. The earthquake struck at 426pm at a depth of.

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