Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

EAST FLORES, Indonesia: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight, killing at least 10 people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said on Monday (Nov 4), as ...

At least 10 people are dead after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted multiple times overnight, spewing fireballs and ash on surrounding villages. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587 ...

About 6,000 of the more than 16,000 people living in areas nearest the volcano had been evacuated to other villages, said Heronimus Lamawuran, a Flores government official. Abdul said supplies of ...

The crater was formed when Askja, a volcano in Vatnajokull National Park ... water samples from its deepest points. The data is not easy to get. The numbingly cold and often tempestuous waters ...

"I was asleep when suddenly the bed shook twice, as if someone had slammed it. Then I realised the volcano had erupted, so I ran outside," 32-year-old hairdresser Hermanus Mite said. "I saw flames ...

Here’s hoping it’s nothing to blow your lid over. A normally quiet “high threat” volcano in Washington state has been rumbling at a record rate — prompting an alert from geologists who ...

The country's volcano monitoring agency increased the volcano's alert status to the highest level and more than doubled the exclusion zone to a seven-kilometre radius after midnight on Monday as ...

Among the snow-capped volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, Mount Adams gets relatively little love. There are more glamorous volcanoes to climb (Mount Rainier) or to ski (Mount Hood) or that have ...

Two phreatic eruption events were monitored at Taal Volcano which is located in Batangas province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said Wednesday. In its latest ...

A phreatic eruption occurred at Taal Volcano in Batangas on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The phreatic eruption lasted seven minutes and 39 ...

The summit of Mount Spurr, only ~75 miles from Anchorage in Alaska seen in October 2020. Credit: John Lyons, Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey Mount Spurr is only about 75 miles from ...