Kilauea’s latest eruption dumped as much as 12 inches of volcanic debris across parts of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, forcing road closures, shelter openings, and cleanup operations that stretched ...

A rare satellite image shows Mayon volcano’s 2026 eruption in the Philippines, combining natural color and infrared to reveal lava flows and pyroclastic activity, according to NASA and PHIVOLCS ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these ...

Kanlaon Volcano moderately erupted again at 6:07 p.m. on March 15, sending an ash plume five kilometers high that drifted ...

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kilauea’s shallow magma system under the summit — and things have been “heating up!” ...

These processes are natural and have been recognized and embodied in Native Hawaiian oral traditions about Pele, Lono and ...

Drone footage shows the latest volcanic eruption in Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula. Icelandic tourism officials say it is the 12th eruption on the peninsula since 2021. The lava is not threatening any ...

This value is usually about 2,100 to 2,190 degrees and can be measured in a few different ways. Calibrated thermal ...

Toxic gases and ash from Mount Vesuvius took just minutes to asphyxiate an estimated 2,000 Pompeians in C.E. 79. A pyroclastic flow from Mount Pelée claimed the lives of nearly 30,000 on the Caribbean ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the ...

Mount Shasta presents a unique challenge that most other active volcanoes don't for USGS scientists. The only place to sample ...