The Australian Volcanic Ash Monitoring Center revealed the discovery of a new “large eruption” on Sunday at a volcano in Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand.
According to this monitoring center, the latest eruption of the volcano was recorded at 22.10 (Portugal time).
The information was confirmed by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which revealed that it recorded “big waves” in the area, which are presumably linked to volcanic activity in the South Pacific.
The Hungana-Tonga-Hongga-Hapai volcano erupted under the sea on Friday, causing tsunami waves that affected the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Peru and the USA.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that “the tsunami had a massive impact on the northern coast of Nuku’alofa,” Tonga’s capital, but there were no reports of casualties in the archipelago.
According to the BBC, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent estimates that at least 80,000 people have been affected in the archipelago.
The atmosphere in the area is covered in volcanic ash, there have been power outages and communications outages, so New Zealand has announced sending an aircraft to assess the damage.
The impact of the volcanic eruption and tsunami was felt globally, with different scales of intensity.
According to Agence France-Presse, in Peru, two women died on the beach, due to “unnatural waves” caused by the volcano, more than 10,000 km away.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere revealed, on Sunday, that the tsunami caused changes in sea level in Portugal in the Azores, Madeira and the Peniche region.
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