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warnings and advisories were also issued from parts of New Zealand, Japan and Peru, to the United States and Canada’s British Columbia. Footage from the ground in Fiji shows people fleeing to higher ground in the capital, Suva, as large waves hit the coast.Ī tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu. Tsunami warnings went into effect across Pacific Island nations including Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu. The eruption caused a tsunami on Tonga’s largest island, Tongatapu, with waves recorded at 1.2 meters (about 4 feet) near Nuku’alofa city flowing onto coastal roads and flooding properties on Saturday. The volcano erupted again on January 14 and a massive eruption on January 15 sent shockwaves around the world and triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific.

The most recent eruption began in December 2021, with gas, steam, and ash plumes rising about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) into the air. In 2009, an eruption sent plumes of steam and ash into the air and formed new land above the water, and an eruption in January 2015 created a new island about 2 kilometers wide – effectively joining up Hunga-Tonga and Hunga-Ha’apai islands. Researchers said it has erupted regularly over the past few decades. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Tonga’s Fonuafo’ou island, sits underwater between two small islands at about 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) high from the sea floor, with about 100 meters (328 feet) visible above sea level. It’s a remote archipelago that lies about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of Fiji and 2,380 kilometers (1,500 miles) from New Zealand.

Tonga is a Polynesian country of more than 170 South Pacific islands and home to about 100,000 people. Where is Tonga’s Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano? Here’s what we know about the eruption and fallout. With communications down, Australia and New Zealand sent flights to survey the damage. In Peru, at least two people died after being swept up by high waves.Īt least two deaths have been reported and aid organizations are concerned about contaminated air and access to clean water for people in Tonga’s outlying islands. Tsunami waves were also recorded thousands of miles away along the United States’ West Coast, in Peru, New Zealand and Japan.

On social media, footage showed people fleeing as waves inundated Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, and the afternoon sky turned pitch black due to the heavy ash cloud. JMA Himawari satellite/Japan Meteorological Agency Satellite images from JMA show the volcano eruption in Tonga on January 15.