These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ocean floor. The 2012 explosion at the Havre volcano, near New Zealand, ...

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption of 2022 involved a self-cleaning mechanism scientists hadn't seen before, considerably reducing the anticipated long-term atmospheric consequences. The chemistry ...

Scientists predict there is a one in six chance of a massive eruption this century, but what impacts would such an event ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — La Soufriere volcano has fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island ...

“It was like a shotgun blast directly into the sky,” said one marine geologist. A New Zealand-led team of marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the Tongan ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

A report from MSN indicates that a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii yesterday evening near the coastal village ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...