Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of ...

In 2022, the eruption and collapse of an underwater volcano in Tonga caused a devastating tsunami that killed four people, disrupted seafloor ecosystems and damaged critical seafloor ...

At least six volcanoes erupt across Indonesia within days of each other. For residents nearby there's no escaping the fallout.

As reported in previous articles, there are over 1,500 active volcanoes around the Earth with an average of 50-70 eruptions ...

Activity at Guatemala’s Fuego volcano that began Monday morning and caused widespread evacuations is gradually decreasing, authorities said Wednesday. Ho ...

Indonesia reopened five airports past midnight on Tuesday, after a volcanic eruption over the weekend forced them to suspend operations for two days. Anak Krakatau began erupting late on Friday, ...

Images from the NASA-USGS Landsat 8 satellite captured the ash billowing across the Indian Ocean. The eruption disrupted thousands of flights and temporarily shut down eight airports across the two ...

Streams of molten lava flowed from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano overnight Saturday into Sunday, ahead of another eruption expected to take shape in the coming days, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A 29-year-old American man from Kansas died Sunday evening after being struck by lightning while hiking Mount Etna in Sicily. At the same time, one of Europe’s most recognizable active volcanoes was ...

A series of mild eruptions at the most active volcano in the Philippines has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on its foothills, officials said Wednesday.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it ...