Category Volcanoes

Eurasia’s Highest Volcano Klyuchevskoi Spews Ash Up To 3.7 Miles   Eurasia’s highest volcano, Klyuchevskoi, on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, churned out ash to a height of six kilometers (3.7 miles) on Thursday morning, local Emergencies Ministry’s…

***ALERT LEVEL RAISED***   White Island Volcano, New Zealand Alert Level Raised Volcanic unrest continues at White Island (Whakāri). Following the small energetic steam venting event that occurred on 4 October the tremor level declined, but stronger tremor began again…

Increased Seismic Activity & Steam Eruption On 4th Oct At White Island Volcano, New Zealand The latest report of GNS/GeoNet comments on the recently increased tremor amplitude and mentions that a small steam eruption occurred on 4 October, but does…

Increased Eruptions At Mt. Tangkuban Parahu Forces Authorities To Close The Area To The Public The local authority has temporarily closed Mount Tangkuban Parahu, a popular tourist destination in Bandung regency, West Java, following increased minor phreatic eruptions on Saturday.The…

Ash Emissions From New SE Crater, Etna Volcano The New SE crater has resumed weak, sporadic strombolian activity with small ash emissions. This goes along with an increase of the tremor signal today.

Ancient Super-Volcano On Mars Discovered A large crater on Mars, earlier classified as an impact crater, is actually an ancient exploding super-volcano, a new study has found. Scientists have determined that a vast circular basin on the face of the…

Yellowstone Super-volcano Alert The Most Dangerous Volcano In America Is Roaring To Life Right now, the ground underneath Yellowstone National Park is rising at a record rate. In fact, it is rising at the rate of about three inches per…

Increased Activity At Heard volcano, Australia, Southern Indian Ocean Another hot spot is visible on current satellite data, suggesting some sort of activity occurring at Dawson’s Peak crater (perhaps a small lava lake or strombolian activity).

Explosions Increasing At Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala Strombolian activity from the Mackenney crater has been gradually increasing over the past weeks, the latest report of INSIVUMEH shows. Activity is taking place from 3 vents and explosions occur at rates of one…

Moderate Explosions At Santa María / Santiaguito Volcano, Guatemala After the violent explosion and partial dome collapse 3 days ago, the lava dome has returned to its typical comparably low activity. Two explosions of moderate size were observed this morning…