View of the island of HokkaidoMOSCOW, Jan 15 Tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption in the Polynesian state of Tonga hit the coast of Japan, according to the newspaper Japan Times. Earlier, the Japan Meteorological Administration reported that the threat of a tsunami up to three meters high was announced in Japan. According to him, a threat warning is in effect for the Japanese islands of Amami and Tokara in the Pacific Ocean. It was noted that waves up to one meter high could reach the entire Pacific coast of Japan, and in the western part of Kagoshima Prefecture, the wave could be 0.2 meters high. According to the publication, the waves hit the Japanese coast a few minutes after the warning was issued «The arrival of tsunami waves is confirmed in areas along the coast — from Tohoku to Okinawa,» the newspaper said. The height of the waves was not reported. Previously, the media reported on the eruption of the Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. Local authorities have issued a tsunami warning. A tsunami threat has also been declared in American Samoa, where more than a hundred families have been evacuated from villages on the south side of Sawaii Island due to large waves. Later, US states located on the west coast of the country warned of the possibility of a tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption in Tonga.
