The most powerful eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga in recent decades led to a tsunami.
Huge waves hit not only this island state, whose king, by the way, was urgently evacuated from the palace.
The tsunami also hit some other countries, and last night it reached the coast of Japan.
In the Land of the Rising Sun, as in the United States, a corresponding threat was previously announced.
About the tsunami attacking Japan, The Japan Times.
It is noted that the threat was first declared on the islands of Amami and Tokara, and then in Iwate Prefecture.
According to the information released, in these regions the wave height reached three meters.
In the Kominato area on Amami Island, waves as high as 1.2 meters were recorded around noon on Saturday.
On the coast from Hokkaido to Okinawa, the wave height yesterday reached about one meter.
Local authorities are urging residents of the affected areas to evacuate immediately.
As for the United States, a tsunami threat has been declared in Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific coast of the country.
Many coastal residents reported large waves, particularly along the docks in Hawaii.
