Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

The largest acidic geyser in the world, Echinus Geyser, is active again, with eruptions occurring every 2 to 5 hours, ...

The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island stopped erupting on Sunday after flowing for almost 10 hours. At its highest, the fountain of lava soared 1,300 feet in the air from the south vent, ...

The alert level for Mauna Loa is currently “normal”; we expect to see additional changes such as increased seismicity or gas emissions before any future eruption. Even during quiet times, keeping a ...

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

The latest activity marks Episode 42 of Kilauea’s ongoing summit eruption, which began on December 23, 2024. This new episode started at 5:20 am IST on February 16, 2026, inside the Halemaumau crater ...

A dormant volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has recently come back to life after more than 400 years of inactivity. The Krasheninnikova volcano began erupting in early August 2025, capturing the ...

ALBAWABA - Local media in Colombia announced that a mud volcano in San Juan de Urab erupted on Wednesday, causing the release of huge amounts of fire an ...

The geyser really came alive in fall 2017. From October 18 to November 10, 2017, Echinus consistently erupted roughly about ...

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast known as the 1458/59 CE event was so huge that it triggered decades of ...

Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...