Tsunami reaches Japan; Tonga volcanic eruption felt around the world

The Ecuadorian Navy Oceanographic Institute (INOCAR) on Saturday issued a "tsunami warning" to Puerto Ayora, the largest town in central Galapagos Islands, some 1,000 km west from continental Ecuador, due to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga in the South Pacific.

The agency said in a statement that "significant variations in sea level have been recorded in the Academy Bay on Santa Cruz Island," where Puerto Ayora is located.