THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 16, 2022 at 17:35 JST
Kazuki Miyaoka, a senior official with the Meteorological Agency, briefs on sea-level changes off the Japanese archipelago caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga in the South Pacific at an emergency news conference on Jan. 16. (Hidemasa Yoshizawa)
A massive underwater volcanic eruption near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga triggered surges in sea levels of up to 1.2 meters across a vast stretch of Japan’s Pacific coastline, prompting authorities to issue an early morning advisory for coastal residents to evacuate. [Read More]
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