The Global Volcanism Program (GVP) seeks better understanding of all volcanoes through documenting their eruptions–small as well as large–during the past 10,000 years.

Most of the eruptions we hear about are eruptions that have impacted large communities, and the active volcanoes that tend to be the most monitored are those that pose immin

“This is pretty normal for the past couple decades,” Carolyn Parcheta, a geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiin Volcano Observatory, told Newsweek.. “We don’t expect the eruption overall to end any time soon.”

A Japanese soldier has been killed in an avalanche in central Japan that may have been triggered by a volcanic eruption. At least 11 people have also been injured, several of them critically. The eruption sent rocks raining down over a kilometre-wide area near Kusatsu in central Japan, say local

MAYON VOLCANO Eruption, 41,000 Feet Ash – IN PICTURES – Thick lava gushes from Mount Mayon and flows down its crater. An ash cloud towers 8, …

Educational web site focused on the long-lived eruption of the Soufri?re Hills volcano, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, and the hazards it poses to residents.

Since then, the eruption has continued at the same rate, coughing up more lava and sulfur fumes. “The concentrations have been reaching unhealthy levels in large parts of the country,” John Stevenson, a volcano researcher at the University of Edinburgh, told Newsweek Wednesday.

Jun 02, 2017 · How to Survive a Volcanic Eruption. Volcanic activity can result in explosions called plinian eruptions that shoot rocks, ash, …

Rising levels of lava at the Big Island’s Kilauea Volcano, earthquakes, and a series of eruptions have forced nearby residents to evacuate

Fishermen witnessed spewing lava fountains reaching up to 90ft tall on December 19 near the group of islands known as the Zubair Group, off the west coast of Yemen.