Through social networks, images of the exact moment in which the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption near the island of Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, caused material damage in the Latin American country were disseminated.
Ecuador’s Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR) issued a tsunami warning for the continental coast of the country, while monitoring variations in sea level in Galapagos.
Hours before The agency recommended suspending maritime activities along the coastline of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.