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US West Coast under tsunami advisory following massive volcanic eruption on Pacific island

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A grab taken from footage by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite and released by the National Institute of Information and Communications (Japan) on January 15, 2022 shows the volcanic eruption that provoked a tsunami in Tonga. - The eruption was so intense it was heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) away.
A grab taken from footage by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite and released by the National Institute of Information and Communications (Japan) on January 15, 2022 shows the volcanic eruption that provoked a tsunami in Tonga. - The eruption was so intense it was heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) away.
National Institute Of Information
Tsunami surge inundates the parking lot at the top of the Upper Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Moments later all the water receded from the lot before flooding it again shortly thereafter.
Tsunami surge inundates the parking lot at the top of the Upper Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Moments later all the water receded from the lot before flooding it again shortly thereafter.
Shmuel Thler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel Via AP
Sheriff's deputies stand by after closing the harbor launch ramp as a tsunami surge flows through the Santa Cruz Small Craft harbor on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Sheriff's deputies stand by after closing the harbor launch ramp as a tsunami surge flows through the Santa Cruz Small Craft harbor on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Shmuel Thler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel Via AP
January 15, 2022: Water from a tsunami caused by an underground volcano near Tonga hits the Small Craft Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif.
January 15, 2022: Water from a tsunami caused by an underground volcano near Tonga hits the Small Craft Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Shmuel Thler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel Via AP
A man stands by the closed gate of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, Calif., early Saturday morning, Jan. 15, 2022, after a tsunami advisory was issued for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast following an undersea volcano eruption near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.
A man stands by the closed gate of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, Calif., early Saturday morning, Jan. 15, 2022, after a tsunami advisory was issued for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast following an undersea volcano eruption near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.
Mark Rightmire, The Orange County Register Via AP
A police officer patrols main beach as waters recede in front of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
A police officer patrols main beach as waters recede in front of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
Nic Coury, AP
Lifeguards speed out of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in the morning as they respond to a vessel in distress in the Monterey Bay off the coast of Capitola as tsunami surges battered the Santa Cruz County coastline.
Lifeguards speed out of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in the morning as they respond to a vessel in distress in the Monterey Bay off the coast of Capitola as tsunami surges battered the Santa Cruz County coastline.
Shmuel Thler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel Via AP
People observe big waves in the breakwater in Venice beach on January 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. A tsunami advisory was in effect for the West Coast of the United States as well as Hawaii and Alaska after an undersea volcano erupted in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
People observe big waves in the breakwater in Venice beach on January 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. A tsunami advisory was in effect for the West Coast of the United States as well as Hawaii and Alaska after an undersea volcano erupted in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
Apu Gomes, Getty Images
People watch waters rise from Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.
People watch waters rise from Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.
Nic Coury, AP
People stretch next to a tsunami hazard zone sign in El Segundo, California, on January 15, 2022.
People stretch next to a tsunami hazard zone sign in El Segundo, California, on January 15, 2022.
Patrick T. Fallon, AFP Via Getty Images
A boat slices through a tsunami surge at the mouth of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor and heading out to the relative safety of the open water on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
A boat slices through a tsunami surge at the mouth of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor and heading out to the relative safety of the open water on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
Shmuel Thler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel Via AP
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