The Hunga-Tonga volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted on Saturday, which lead to a massive shockwave felt in faraway countries. From minor tsunamis to submerging of multiple islands, here’s the extent of damage the eruption caused across the world.
Here’s another high-resolution Himawari satellite imagery of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano eruption in the South Pacific Ocean.
The moment the shockwave from Tonga’s volcanic eruption passed over Japan. The pressure wave was recorded around the world.
Here’s footage showing the beginning of the volcanic eruption on the islands of Tonga, shared by a Twitter user.
“The Tonga #Tsunami off the Ecuadorian coast over the water. Crazy from this perspective,” wrote a Twitter user sharing this video where boats and even large ships can be seen bouncing off large oceanic waves.
Here is another incredible footage of the Hunga Tonga volcano that produced an extremely large eruption as it generated powerful Sonic booms that travelled as far as 470 miles of the Fiji islands, shared on Twitter.
The Tsunami reached the US west coast as flooding was reported in Santa Cruz, California following the major volcano eruption off the coast of Tonga.
Here is another footage of the flood in Santa Cruz, California.
Reuters reported on January 16 that two people drowned off a beach in Peru. According to the local civil defence authority, unusually high waves were recorded in several coastal areas of Peru following the eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga.
Also read: Tsunami warnings issued in Fiji, Samoa, after volcanic eruption near Tonga
