At Puʻuʻōʻō, fissures reopened on either side of the vent, while at Maunaulu, the eruption stalled and the vent collapsed ...

Mount Rainier was experiencing "the most significant seismic activity" at the volcano in more than 15 years as an "earthquake swarm" hit the site starting on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological ...

Scientists are monitoring a city of Chicago-sized swath of rising ground at the northern volcanic rim of the Yellowstone ...

The ground beneath us isn't as stable as we'd like to think. While we go about our daily lives, some of Earth's most ...

The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington’s Mount Rainier but say there is no indication that the cluster of quakes is cause for ...

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Washington (UW) recorded more than 400 minor tremors beneath Mount Rainier. The series of small earthquakes began early Tuesday ...

Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

Sometime between today and 200 years from now, scientists say “the big one” will hit the United States. There is danger lurking on the sea floor off the Pacific Northwest’s coast: After centuries of ...

Kīlauea seems to be in a shaking kind of mood after Episode 40 of its ongoing episodic lava-fountaining eruption at the summit ended Monday (Jan. 12), with a third swarm of earthquakes rattling the ...

"Awakening after a decade of slumber." Scientists issue warning that hidden 'ice volcanoes' could awaken: 'Talking about ...

Ethiopia’s Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological Survey ...