Tonga Volcano Eruption 2024. The eruption on saturday was incredibly explosive but also relatively brief. A little over two years ago, the most powerful underwater volcano ever recorded erupted off the coast of the tiny island nation of tonga in the pacific ocean, about 2,000 kilometres from new.

The massive volcanic blast in the pacific last year was felt 18,000km away on the other side of the world, on the floor of the atlantic ocean. The eruption on saturday was incredibly explosive but also relatively brief.