120740 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/tsunami-hits-pacific-coast-of-japan-after-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga/2475118Ankara. Following a massive underwater volcanic eruption in the Pacific country of Tonga, Japan was hit with a tsunami in its Pacific coast late Saturday, local media reported. A 1.2-meter tsunami was observed in the city of Amami, while a 1.1-meter tsunami arrived in Iwate Prefecture, according to Kyodo News.2022-01-16T02:34+0100newsnow-co-uk-61944685b2e9a24a79df2d8e5132265b20220116023400https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tsunami-advisory-lifted-after-underwater-volcano-erupts-in-tonga-1.5741534Vancouver - A tsunami advisory, that had been issued for parts of the B.C. coast after an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific islands erupted on Saturday, has been lifted. The advisory had covered the north coast including Haida Gwaii, and the central and northeast Vancouver Island....2022-01-16T02:34+0100ctvnews-3b093eb2e46182554f9584b75f3f4aac20220116023400https://pakobserver.net/nz-warns-of-strong-currents-due-to-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga/New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency has warned of strong currents and unpre-dictable surges caused by the eruption of a volcano in the waters of the Pacific island state of Tonga. Earlier in the day, Tonga issued a tsunami warn-ing after the undersea Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano erupted.2022-01-16T02:32+0100pakobserver-d4560f32f8920d02c69f4c66cc0453a020220116023200https://www.breitbart.com/weather/2022/01/15/tsunami-advisory-issued-for-west-coast-hawaii-alaska-after-volcano-erupts-in-tonga/The National and Pacific Tsunami Warning Centers have issued tsunami advisories for the entire West Coast, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska as a volcano erupted near Tonga late Friday. The advisory was announced by the National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) at 7:55 a.m.2022-01-16T02:31+0100breitbart-com-67a7d59de6159adacfdedf090332c1d520220116023100