Shockwave from PNG volcano eruption seen in video

The powerful shockwave from the eruption of Papua New Guinean volcano Mount Tavurvur blew clouds around the sky before rattling a cameraman on a nearby boat.

Queensland resident Linda McNamara today uploaded a video to Facebook which shows the August 29 eruption as it blasts ash and smoke tens of thousands of feet into the air.

Taken by her husband Phil from Blanche Bay in nearby Kokopo Beach the footage shows Tavurvur belching fire and thick ash as high as 60,000 feet above sea level.

In the sky above the volcano the shockwave can be seen pushing aside clouds as it travels towards the cameraman. 

"Watch out for the shock, it's coming," someone can be heard saying before a huge boom and force shakes the boat and its occupants.

Mount Tavurvur is one of the most active and most dangerous volcanoes in Papua New Guinea.

On September 19, 1994 it erupted at the same time as nearby Mount Vulcan in an event which destroyed the majority of the buildings in the township.

Despite 19 hours of warning before the eruption five residents were killed, several of them by lightning from the eruptive column.