MANILA, Philippines — Minor strombolian activity was recorded at the Mayon Volcano in Bicol early Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. A ...

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

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Scientists have just identified a group of small volcanoes that experts warn could be among the most dangerous on Earth.

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, on Sunday shared details on Mayon Volcano’s most violent eruption on February 1, 1814. In a Facebook post, Phivolcs said that eruption, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An explosive eruption has rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent. The eruption followed mandatory evacuation orders from the local ...

The power of such eruptions is measured using the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), which is a scale that goes from one to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...