Ocean Volcano Eruption 2024. The extraordinarily powerful eruption of hunga volcano in the tongan archipelago in the southern pacific ocean on january 15, 2022 blasted gas and ash 36 miles high,. That happened two years ago with the.

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 hunga tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research from the australian national university (anu).