“As a precaution, LEAVE THE BEACH AREA, due to a minor tsunami,” was the emergency message from Onemi that the inhabitants of the affected areas received throughout the hours as a “preventive measure” in the event of an eventual event due to the eruption of the volcano. in Tonga.
At the beginning of the day, the alert only affected Easter Island and the Juan Fernández archipelago, some 3,300 km west of the continental coast in the Pacific Ocean, and the bases on the coast of Antarctica.
The last report included the beach and coastal areas of the Arica and Parinacota regions, and Coquimbo (north); Ñuble (center) and Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos (south) on alert “as a precaution”.
“SHOA (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy) informs that it extends the Precautionary State for the coastal edge of the Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions, in addition to the Arica and Parinacota region and Coquimbo, Archip. Juan Fernández, Easter Island, San Félix and Chilean Antarctica”, was the official message issued through social networks by Onemi.
Onemi highlighted that on Easter Island, the first territory of Chile to receive the tsunami, a small increase in sea level of about 30 centimeters has been perceived so far and that it could increase over the hours up to a maximum of one meter. .
The inhabitants of the Tonga islands fled this Saturday towards the heights before the tsunami close to 1.2 meters caused by a new eruption -heard hundreds of kilometers away- of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano.
The eruption lasted eight minutes, and was so strong it was heard “like distant thunder” in the Fiji Islands, more than 800 km away, Fiji officials said.
Source From: Ambito
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