Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal Volcano. The eruption sent a column of ash and ...

After sunset, the Kawah Ijen volcano reveals a mesmerizing display of electric-blue flames ignited by burning sulphur gases, ...

Great Sitkin volcano, a remote peak in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, has been slowly pushing lava into its summit crater for ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff are often asked, “Will lava erupted during the ongoing Kilauea summit eruption in ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

Evacuations have been ordered due to a brush fire burning near Murrieta Tuesday afternoon. CAL FIRE and the Riverside County ...

“Noctis Mons” is the seventh-largest volcano on Mars, the biggest being this one pictured—Olympus Mons (artist's impression). Scientists have discovered a massive, deeply eroded giant shield volcano ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists ...