Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

WHEN Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, torrents of ash and pumice smothered Pompeii, displacing around 15,000 inhabitants and ...

The southern Italian city of Naples was struck by a 4.4-magnitude quake early Thursday that caused only minor damage.

A 2022 satellite photo shows a large plume of discolored water rising from the undersea Kavachi volcano, during an eruption ...

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 ...

The biggest danger from the volcano are lahars, a mixture of ash, rock, mud and debris, that can bury entire towns. A 2018 ...

In a remote corner of the U.S., active volcanoes wait patiently above the ridgelines, leaving residents on edge.

Mount Edgecumbe. The dormant volcano sits on Kruzof Island and hasn’t been active for 800 years, however, recent signs have raised concern among scientists. Edgecumbe’s next eruption could be closer ...

Pulses of colder volcanic debris followed, engulfing the area. “The residents of Herculaneum were already dead by the time they were buried,” Dr. Giordano said. Although the short-lived ash ...

Underwater volcanoes, like that of Home Reef ... In contrast, explosive eruptions, which fragment lava into ash and debris, produce islands more susceptible to rapid erosion by waves and currents. The ...

Volcanic debris “poured across the land,” wrote the Roman lawyer Pliny the Younger, and blanketed the town in a darkness “like the black of closed and unlighted rooms.” Within two days ...

Those properties were “deferred” to Phase 2 of the debris-removal program, meaning the Corps of Engineers will handle the removal of all hazardous and other wastes from those areas.