Tonga Volcano Eruption 2024 Map. Waves hit australia, new zealand and japan as well as the west. In january 2022, the most powerful explosion ever recorded with modern instruments rocked the south pacific.

The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in tonga has caused catastrophic damage, with homes destroyed and many communities covered in a thick layer of ash. The low, forested tofua island in the central part of the tonga islands group is the emergent summit of a large stratovolcano that was seen in eruption by captain cook in 1774.