EDIS Number: VE-20150210-46942-TON
Date / time: 10/02/2015 08:44:04 [UTC]
Event: Volcano Eruption
Area: Pacific ocean - east
Country: Tonga
State/County:
Location: [Hunga Ha apai volcano]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: N/A
Description:
Radio Tonga says pilots for the domestic airline Real Tonga have reported a white cloud rising out of the sea to about 600 metres, south west of the Vava'u group. It reports the National Volcano Advisory Center saying there is no other sign of volcanic debris or of a strong gas smell. An earlier eruption, that began late last year and lasted about five weeks, created new land in the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai region, which is about 65 kilometres northwest of the capital, Nuku'alofa.