Tonga Island Volcano Eruption 2024. A massive volcanic eruption in tonga, on saturday, triggered a tsunami that spread across the pacific in a matter of hours. Waves hit australia, new zealand and japan as well as the west.

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. New pictures have emerged from tonga, revealing the damage wreaked by tsunami waves triggered by an undersea volcano.