Volcanic Eruption

Since 1980, there have been 120 eruptions and 52 episodes of notable volcanic unrest at 44 U.S. volcanoes. When erupting, all volcanoes pose a...

A major explosion occurred on July 19, 2020, 03:00:45 a.m., at Stromboli Volcano in Italy. The large explosion was recorded by cameras of the geophysical...

At nighttime, ominous lightning flashes above erupting volcanoes light up the sky like a living nightmare. Now, scientists are closer to understanding volcanic lightning,...

The Popocatepetl volcano was in a good mood and smiled at us on Saturday, November 5, 2016. Look at the steam coming out of the...

After Tuesday, Mount Agung erupted again Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 17:30 (local time) sending gray columns of ash and gas 1,500 m above...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Hawaii's Big Island about 12:33pm Friday and was centered near the south flank of Kilauea volcano. It is the...

The Long Valley Caldera is experiencing a large seismic swarm. Long Valley Caldera "Supervolcano" on High Alert! As magma moves through the earth, it displaces and...

Today morning, the Popocatepetl volcano strongly exploded at around 9:30 am local time. Moreover, 479 exhalations, 3 explosions and 21 minutes tremor of low amplitude...

A new simulation of Yellowstone supervolcano shows that a supereruption would blanket the US with ash. Results demonstrate that ash could be transported up to 1500...

There are some baby volcanoes brewing under New England. That's what scientists discovered while studying a bog of hot magma 60 miles below the surface of...

At about 0415 this morning, an explosion from the Overlook vent within Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano's summit produced a volcanic cloud that reaches...

It's time to count down some dangerous volcanoes around the world. Here are the top 10 based on population, magma type, volcano type, and past...

On Thursday an explosion occurred on Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica. The water from the acidic lake was ejected and ended...

Seismicity at Pavlof Volcano has increased in the past 24 hours, and minor steam emissions were observed in web camera images on July 2,...

While the Yellowstone is currently being hit by swarms of earthquakes... A new study explains that the Yellowstone hotspot is waning... Throughout Earth’s long history, volcanic...

92 explosions and three intense bursts have shaken the area of the Telica Volcano, Guatemala in just 24 hours. The explosions released lots of gas,...

Alaska’s Pavlof volcano erupted unexpectedly on March 27, 2016 after tremor sharply increased. This is the volcano’s first eruption since November 2014. The tremor at...

A swarm of small earthquakes continues around Whakaari/White Island, but so far there's no indication the quakes are connected to the volcano. Since Thursday,...

In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, blanketing the nearby Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in hot ash and preserving the casualties in lifelike...

Within 24h, two earthquakes struck near Volcano Peak, a California dormant volcano. After the Oregon earthquakes near the new undersea Axial Volcano (5.9M + 5.8M +...

Mount St Helens could erupt again as scientists closely monitor a lava dome rising at five metres a day. A USGS scientist adds:"What is really...

The ongoing swarm at Yellowstone National Park is now one of the longest and largest on record. The largest swarm ever recorded was in October...

These insane explorers rappel into an active volcano with their GoPro on! The results is amazing! But the adventurers could have been incinerated with just...

The Villarrica volcano is probably going to erupt in the next days! The most active volcano in Chile was shaken by 770 earthquakes in the...

While Bogoslof’s eruption can be ignored to some degree, eruptions at places like Glacier Peak could pose major risks to life and property. And how many seismometers...

The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) raised its alert for the Popocatépetl volcano from yellow Phase 2 to yellow Phase 3 due to increased...

At least 73 earthquakes have been recorded along a straight line between the Turrialba volcano and the Irazu volcano in less than 12 hours. Are...

The Turrialba volcano is currently highly active after 44 days of minor events. Only yesterday, September 19, 2016, it erupted at least 4 times shutting down...

This could be the largest volcano on Earth! The Tamu Massif, the oldest and largest edifice of the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau in the...

A moderate, 2-minute-long eruption occurred at Cleveland Volcano beginning at 17:47 September 25 AKDT (01:47 September 26 UTC). The explosion was detected by seismic and...

A M4.9 earthquake shook Mauna Kea, the tallest volcano on earth, on Big Island, Hawaii on November 11, 2019. More than 1100 people have already...

Watch this video of an enchanting night eruption of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico. It occurred early on February 3, 2016. Awesome. Follow us on Facebook and...

Everyday, enhanced volcanic activity is reported around the world with new eruptions or signs of impending blasts. Today, it seems that the Hekla volcano shows...

The Turrialba volcano scored 36 consecutive hours of ash and gas emissions as of May 21, 2016. The volcanic eruption is affecting the inhabitants of...

Lost in a remote place of India, a mysterious underground fire is creating large smoking and gasy sinkholes that swallow a forest near Old...

Eruptive fissures from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano have been spreading lava through parts of Leilani Estates near Pahoa since the start of May. The lava...

The volcanic island Nishinoshima continues to grow due to an intense eruption and strong lava flow. Within 2 weeks it gained more than 170 meters...

The wildfires that raged in northwest America last August were so ferocious that they had the same effect on the planet as a volcanic...

This is not the Marlboro cowboy puffing on his cigarette, but volcanic smoke rings ejected from Mt Etna. Look at this stunning picture of the volcano...

Volcanoes of the World database update. There were 45 ongoing eruptions as of 17 April 2020, with eruptive activity from 52 volcanoes at some point...