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Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.
Hours after a powerful earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the region's highest volcano began erupting.
Largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere began erupting on Wednesday afternoon following the huge earthquake in Russia's far east.
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 ...
According to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the north vent stopped around 1:20 p.m. The south vent did not open during this episode and was completely covered by new deposits.
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 ...
According to the USGS’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the fountains of lava from the north vent of the volcano reached nearly 1,100 feet (340 m) in height.
Watch Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupt for second major time in under two weeks Lava fountains reached heights of 1,250 feet in episode 26, a record for the eruption.