Gunung berapi bawah laut Hunga Ha’apai di Tonga dilapor meletus sebentar tadi yang menyaksikan letusan kelihatan hingga ke angkasa dan berjaya dirakam satelit.
Letusan pada Sabtu itu menyebabkan amaran tsunami telah dikeluarkan. Manakala, melalui perkongsian di media sosial, beberapa kawasan pantai di Tonga sudah dilanda ombak besar.
Lapor The Island Business, pihak polis dan tentera memindahkan Raja Tonga Tupou VI dari istananya yang berhampiran dengan pantai.
Menurut laman web, imej satelit juga menunjukkan kepulauan abu, wap dan gas selebar 5 km ( 3 batu) naik ke udara kira-kira 20 km (12 batu).
Selain Tonga, amaran tsunami dilaporkan turut dikeluarkan di kawasan-kawasan pantai New Zealand, negara berdekatan dengan Tonga.
Para pegawai di New Zealand dilaporkan telah memberi amaran mengenai lonjakan rbut yang akan berlaku akibat letusan tersebut.
Agensi Pengurusan Kecemasan Kebangsaan berkata beberapa bahagian New Zealand boleh menjangkakan arus yang kuat dan luar biasa serta lonjakan yang berlaku tidak dapat diramal berikutan letusan tersebut.
1.14.2021: Large volcanic eruption near Tonga (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano) today as seen from outer space. Shown on visible imagery using the Himawari satellite. #hiwx #tsunami #earthquake pic.twitter.com/zOTj6Qu1Wv
— NWSHonolulu (@NWSHonolulu) January 15, 2022
The concentric lightning ring from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano around 500Z January 15, 2022 in the South Pacific was at one time almost 200 miles in diameter. from Elko, NV to Salt Lake City. Initial shock wave speed was estimated at 640 mph. Tsunami was generated. pic.twitter.com/pFKvdtFwOI
— NWS Elko (@NWSElko) January 15, 2022
Just realised that the low boom that rumbled through Port Vila just before sunset here was the shockwave from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption, 1,700km away! pic.twitter.com/0LRA1EZYP5
— Nick Howlett (@specificisland) January 15, 2022
Here's another perspective of the eruption of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, which occurred near #Tonga around 830pm PST.
This time, zoomed out so you can see Australia and New Zealand to get a sense for how massive this was.
No tsunami is expected for WA/OR. pic.twitter.com/YC96cJ6amF
— NWS Portland (@NWSPortland) January 15, 2022
Sumber : Washington Post
