Volcano erupts in Pacific, triggering tsunami advisory for B.C and U.S. west coast
Footage by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite and released by the National Institute of Information and Communications (Japan) on shows the volcanic eruption that provoked a tsunami in Tonga on Jan. 15, 2022.HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
An empty beach is pictured after mass evacuation from the coastline in Vina del Mar, Chile, following a tsunami preventive advisory generated by local authorities, after an underwater volcano eruption on the island of Tonga.RODRIGO GARRIDO/Reuters
In this satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC, an island created by the underwater Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano is seen smoking Jan. 7, 2022. An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, Jan. 15, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.Planet Labs PBC/The Associated Press
A surfer catches a wave at Manhattan Beach in El Segundo, California, on Jan. 15. The U.S. National Weather Service issued tsunami advisories for the entire west coast of the United States following a massive volcanic eruption across the Pacific Ocean in Tonga.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images
The eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga, which triggered a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, is seen in an image from the NOAA GOES-West satellite on Jan. 15.CIRA/NOAA/Reuters
An aerial view shows capsized boats believed to be affected by the tsunami caused by an underwater volcano eruption on the island of Tonga at the South Pacific, in Muroto, Kochi prefecture, Japan.KYODO/Reuters
Doctor Ernst Von Schwarz uses his mobile phone to record waves from the Seal Beach municipal pier in Seal Beach, California, after a tsunami advisory was issued, following an underwater volcano eruption over 8500 km away.BING GUAN/Reuters
Tsunami surge inundates the parking lot at the top of the Upper Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 15. Moments later all the water receded from the lot before flooding it again shortly thereafter.Shmuel Thler/The Associated Press
Coupled with a heavy surf and a tsunami advisory for the west coast, large waves crash ashore at Wrights Beach on Saturday, north of Bodega Bay, California.Kent Porter/The Associated Press