南太平洋東加、薩摩亞海底火山爆發 發布海嘯警報
南太平洋東加王國與薩摩亞群島之間的海底火山猛烈噴。(擷取自「Tonga Geological Services, Government of Tonga.」臉書)
〔即時新聞/綜合報導〕南太平洋東加王國與薩摩亞群島之間的洪加東加(Hunga Tonga)海底火山,於今天(15日)下午發生猛烈噴發,目前兩地已發布了海嘯警報。
據《CNN》報導,這座火山從去年12月20日開始一直處於活躍狀態,本月11日起被認定陷入休眠,孰料火山卻於14日恢復噴發,在今天猛烈爆發。
附近的紐西蘭氣象局說,各地氣象站都觀測到火山噴發所造成的海水壓力浪湧現象。東加除了海嘯之外,也針對暴雨、山洪、強風發布警報。
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
Here's another perspective of the eruption of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, which occurred near #Tonga around 830pm PST.
— NWS Portland (@NWSPortland) January 15, 2022
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
南太平洋東加王國與薩摩亞群島之間的海底火山猛烈噴發,目前兩地已發布海嘯警報。(圖擷自美國環境衛星NESDIS網站)