Tsunami Caused by Volcano Cuts off South Pacific Island from the World

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks

Effects of the tsunami were felt as far as the west coast of the US. The volcanic eruption in Tonga has broken an undersea communications cable that connected the South Pacific archipelago to the rest of the world. Effects of the tsunami were felt as far as the west coast of the US.