The iconic Hōlei Sea Arch, which stood for more than 500 years in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, collapsed into the Pacific ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that ...

A volcano that has been silent since about 1550 began erupting after a big quake. A radar satellite recorded its lava spreading, twice every 12 days.

When we think of a volcanic eruption, rivers of glowing lava or giant columns of ash come to mind. But beneath Earth's ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The recent eruption of Italy's Stromboli volcano has the potentially ...

Nearly 100 earthquakes were recorded overnight in the summit area of Kīlauea, the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park announced ...

University of Birmingham volcanologist Mike Cassidy argued that the biggest danger could come, not from Yellowstone and Mount Etna, but from hidden volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely ...

Magma moving beneath a volcano can make the ground rise, sink or shift sideways. Measuring these changes gives scientists ...

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo volcano in June 1991 is the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. Understanding how volcano activity may change over time is particularly important ...

Indonesia is witnessing an extraordinary burst of volcanic activity, with six volcanoes — Ili Lewotolok, Anak Krakatau, Mount Ibu, Mount Semeru, Lewotobi Laki-laki and Sinabung — recording eruptions ...

Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.

Hawaii is experiencing a rare dual eruption of volcanoes, as both Mauna Loa and Kīlauea spewed lava on the archipelago’s Big Island Tuesday. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began ...