Tsunami warnings

[thomas]

Now I know why we received tsunami warnings all night long, the first one around 00:30 (we live at least 20 km from the sea on a hill)...

Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami after Tonga eruption - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Pacific coast was hit early Sunday by a tsunami following a massive underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific island

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2022年 01月 16日 05時 33分現在、津波が発生しており、津波警報が発令されています


Yours sleeplessly...

 

[JPeters]

The BBC has posted in a very recent article the images from a satellite that uses a radar band that can "see" through the ash and particles and a significant area of land that used to be above water is gone.

I also believe I saw some reference in an article yesterday to this being the first time Japan was hit with a tsunami from an event such as this.

The scientists will be studying this one for a long time.

But immediate concern will be getting fresh water to Tonga. Then food. And along with trying to find out who might be in trouble in areas away from the capital.

Does anyone know if that undersea cable to Tonga was damaged? That is their Internet connection using wires.

 

[thomas]

There were reports that the cable might have been impacted:

Damage from eruption in Tonga being investigated | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

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The imagery of the massive eruption is impressive:

In Photos: Volcano erupts near Tonga - The Mainichi

This combination of satellite images taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency and released by the

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[thomas]

A little update on the tsunami warnings: it seems that only residents of Kanagawa were affected by the flood of alerts.

神奈川県が津波警戒メール“連発”し苦情殺到…黒岩知事謝罪も「私も寝不足」で大炎上！（日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL） - Yahoo!ニュース

　南太平洋の島国トンガの海底火山で大規模噴火が発生し、16日日本の太平洋側各地で津波警報・注意報が発令された。8000キロ以上も離れた海底での噴火による津波発生に気象庁も混乱していたが、それ以上に大

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The prefectural government, in turn, was inundated with complaints after faulty software sent out 20-30 emails and messages to each resident in the night from Saturday to Sunday. Today, the governor apologised.

Meanwhile, seismologists speculate that shock waves caused Sunday's high tidal surge.

Shock waves blamed for high tidal surge after Tonga eruption | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis