Volcano Eruption In South Pacific 2024. 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. The image above, acquired on march 8 by the oli (operational land imager) on landsat 8 , shows a plume.

The authors of the study describe the wave as a seismic precursor for the subsequent eruption, both of which were triggered by a collapse in a weak section of oceanic crust below the. Frightened tongans fled to higher ground saturday after a massive volcanic eruption sent tsunami waves crashing onto the south pacific island and triggered warnings as far as the us west coast.