A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity. About 4,000 people were earlier evacuated from the fishing town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was closed. The eruption … Read More
Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say. Twelve others are missing and the search was suspended on Monday after another, smaller eruption. There were 75 … Read More
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia, April 11 (Reuters) – One of Russia’s most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust … Read More
Nov 28 (Reuters) – Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting on Sunday for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. The night sky above Hawaii’s largest island glowed a hellish … Read More
Using images captured by satellites, researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have confirmed that the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano produced the highest-ever recorded plume. The colossal eruption is … Read More
TOKYO – Japan’s weather agency raised its alert level for a volcano near the center of the country that erupted in 2014 leaving 63 people dead or missing. Mount Ontake, a 10,062-foot volcano about 175 miles west of Tokyo on … Read More
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano has spewed out hot clouds in eruptions that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages and towns. The volcano on the densely populated island of Java unleashed clouds … Read More
Baku, AZERTAC A volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered a tsunami was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb the US dropped on Hiroshima during World War Two, Nasa says, according to BBC. The eruption “obliterated” a volcanic … Read More
The volcano had erupted on Saturday, leaving thousands homeless. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has visited the area and pledged to rebuild. The death toll from the eruption of the Mount Semeru volcano on the island of Java has risen to … Read More