The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...

A NASA satellite image shows a volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that has awoken after more than 400 years of slumber.

Stretching around the Pacific like a colossal scar, the Ring of Fire contains the planet’s most explosive volcanoes, deepest trenches, and deadliest fault lines. Nearly every major earthquake and ...

Learn how subduction zones form, drive massive earthquakes, create volcanoes, and shape Earth’s surface through powerful ...

Learn which countries have the most volcanoes, how volcanoes are formed, why these regions are highly active, and key ...

As these chambers fill up, pressure exerted on the surrounding rock increases. Eventually, some of the magma pushes through ...

Cameras on one of Hawaii's Big Island volcanoes have captured a stunning timelapse of the mountain's three previous eruption ...

AM on November 20, Gunung Semeru experienced significant geological events. The seismic monitoring reported: 32 landslide tremors with amplitudes ranging from 3 to 16 mm and durations between 69 to ...

Katia Krafft traveled to volcanoes around the world to unlock their mysteries, capture their beauty, and raise awareness of their risks.

Whenever reference is made to the mud volcano in Tabaquite, people generally respond “Oh yes, Piparo”. Though Piparo is ...

Semeru volcano — the highest volcano on Java — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows racing ...

The tremors recorded at Mount Rainier since Saturday have been unprecedented, with seismometers capturing high-energy seismic signals that indicate volcanic activity rather than typical tectonic ...