The National Coordination of Civil Protection of the Government of Mexico reported that the tsunami in Tonga, caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano in that country, generated the increase in tide in nine ports in Mexico, including Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where the level grew half a meter.
The agency added through social networks that other affected ports are Manzanillo, Colima; Ensenada, Baja California; Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan; Zihuatanejo and Acapulco, Guerrero; Puerto Angel and Salinas Cruz, Oaxaca and Puerto Chipas, Chiapas.
So far, the maximum amplitude that has been recorded is 2.053 meters . . .
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