'A Tsunami is occurring,' the National Tsunami Warning Center said.
"Move away from the shore and head to high ground," it said, warning that the first wave may not be the largest." — was issued for the West Coast and Alaska in the morning. But by later Saturday evening, it had been reduced to only parts of the coastline:
The California coast from the Orange/San Diego Line, California, to the Oregon-California border, including San Francisco Bay. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said that American citizens in Tonga and Fiji have been alerted to a tsunami warning. According to an alert by the U.S. embassy, Tonga's Meteorological Services have issued advisories for heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds in lands and coastal waters and Fijian authorities cautioned residents to stay away from coastal areas.
The State Department spokesperson said they are not aware of any U.S. citizens affected as of this time. the tsunami advisory for"all coastal areas of the Gulf." The service added that the advisory was still in effect"for the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutians until further notice." An advisory was also issued for Hawaii, after an undersea volcano erupted Saturday near the nation of Tonga in the Pacific.
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