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At 1:24 p.m. July 29, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. A tsunami warning was issued at 2:43 p.m. for Hawai‘i, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a forecast ...
Hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian coast, becoming one of the strongest tremors ever ...
Largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere began erupting on Wednesday afternoon following the huge earthquake in Russia's far east.
Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of ...
The entire U.S. West Coast was facing a tsunami threat after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake erupted off Russia's eastern coast ...
Volcanoes act as windows deep into Earth. They help us understand the formation of our planet and the others in our solar ...
When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.
Episode 29 of the ongoing Kilauea eruption came to an abrupt end Sunday evening after more than 13 hours of continuous lava ...
According to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), dome fountains and lava overflows began at the Halema'uma'u crater shortly after 4:00 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time ...
This photo was taken by a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring webcam just before 6 a.m. July 9, 2025, during Episode 28 ...
A Hawaii County spokeswoman says lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds of homes overnight.
In 1897, geologist Thomas Jaggar (who would later go on to found the Hawaii Volcano Observatory) led a field party to visit Death Gulch, a small, steep ravine in a remote hot springs area in what ...