Volcanos

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PKe3bE7CUDozens of earthquakes — one of them a magnitude 4.2 quake — have swarmed the region after the volcano’s Moku'āweoweo summit caldera...

Evacuations have begun on the Azore Island of Sāo Jorge (Sao Jorge) in the Atlantic where more than 12,000 earthquakes have rocked the region in the last week. With ground deformation indicated and measured by Earth observing satellites, it...

Mount Hood is an active stratovolcano — one built up by many layers — located 50 miles south of Portland, Oregon. Part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, it was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific...

After a period of intense seismic activity, the USGS has published its monthly report for the Yellowstone National Park and volcano. Stretching across a 43 by 28 mile section of the Western United States, the supervolcano is one of the nation's most...

Yellowstone National Park, home to the world-famous Yellowstone volcano, is standing on the brink of a fiery inferno. But not one caused by the eruption of its volcanic caldera, but rather one caused by the devastating effects of global warming. According...

Despite being the only hospitable planet in the solar system, Earth can be a pretty dangerous place to inhabit. In its 4.5 billion-year history, the planet has gone through at least five major extinction events, the last of which...

Between May 1 and June 8 of this year, 242 microseisms shook Michoacán. Most of the earthquakes were not noticeable to humans, but the increased activity has led scientists to believe something larger is happening.A similar phenomenon occurred in...

YELLOWSTONE volcano experienced more than 70 earthquakes last month, according to the latest report from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The update comes amid persisting fears the US supervolcano is overdue for another eruption. Yellowstone volcano experiences as many as 3,000 earthquakes each...

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, covering half of the Big Island of Hawaii, was ratted by 34 small earthquakes on Sunday.Though only registering small magnitudes, scientists have warned citizens that the mounting seismic activity could signal that an eruption may be...

There has been another "explosive event" at a volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, with power outages and water supplies cut off.The La Soufrière volcano first erupted on Friday, blanketing the island in a layer of ash...