Volcano Observatory

13/05/2024

Heavy rains washed volcanic debris and pebbles down Mount Marapi in Indonesia.

18/02/2024

Something weird is happening underneath the city of Pozzuoli. We take a look at what is happening there, and what the implications might be.

18/02/2024

Sakurajima, a stratovolcano in the south of Japan, began spewing lava on Wednesday evening, with the eruption continuing into today.

14/01/2024

A volcano is erupting north of the Icelandic town of Grindavik, which has been evacuated.

01/01/2024

Official warnings said waves in some places could be up to 5m high (16ft), but so far the highest recorded has been just over a metre.

30/12/2023

A small team of geologists, volcanologists and Earth scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, in the U.S., the GNS Science, Wairakei Research Center, in New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, in New Zealand, the University of Auckland, in New Zeala...

30/12/2023

Greener plants can be used to foretell when a volcano is about to erupt, claims a new study.

30/12/2023

HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - A new episode of elevated unrest started south of Kīlauea's summit on Friday afternoon.

20/12/2023

19/12/2023

A volcano erupts on the Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of intense earthquake activity.

17/12/2023

Even Sleeping Volcanoes Can Hide an Explosive Surprise Deep Inside. By David Nield

A recent study of the Ciomadul volcano in Romania highlights just how quickly – and how powerfully – long-dormant volcanoes can erupt.

17/12/2023

Satellite gravity data images the magmatic system under Hunga volcano and how it changed after the 2022 eruption.

16/12/2023

ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - In this week's Volcano Watch article, scientists discuss "sniffing out" stealthy gas escape between periods of eruptive activity.

13/12/2023

Indonesia’s Marapi belched more ash and toxic smoke high into the atmosphere on Tuesday, one week after the mountain came to live and exploded killing at least 23 climbers.

12/12/2023

The Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima spewed more than a kilometer-high column of ash on Sunday, December 10. The explosive eruption occurred at 10:28 a.m., the 88th eruption this year. RESTRICTIONS

08/12/2023

Disruptions ongoing due to volcanic activity at Ulawun Volcano in West New Britain Province, PNG, as of Dec. 7. Thousands remain displaced.

08/12/2023

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

06/12/2023

Ash fall in West New Britain province has destroyed subsistence crops and an oil palm plantation.

06/12/2023

Few volcanos come with more risk than Mexico's Popocatépetl, situated near Mexico City. To mitigate danger, volcanologist Chiara Maria Petrone is trying to predict its next eruption

06/12/2023

The Blue Lagoon attraction extended its closure to 7 December for safety concerns

05/12/2023

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country's active Marapi volcano, the organization's chief said, days after the peak

05/12/2023

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred near Kīlauea Monday evening rattling at a depth of 1 mile below sea level and 9 miles south southeast of the volcano.

05/12/2023

Russia's Klyuchevskoy volcano, which is the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia, violently erupted on Nov. 1 and left behind a trail of smoke and ash that was photographed by NASA satellites.

05/12/2023

The death toll on Mount Marapi rises to 13 as rescue operations resume on dangerous terrain.

04/12/2023

Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano has caused thousands of recent earthquakes and pushed up the ground, worrying 1.3 million residents

04/12/2023

Zhafirah Zahrim Febrina, just 19, was heard talking into her phone. 'Mum, help Ife,' she said, referring to herself by a family nickname. 'This is Ife's situation right now.'

04/12/2023

Authorities have raised the alert to the second-highest level and prohibited residents from going within 3km of the crater. Read more at straitstimes.com.

03/12/2023

A multi-institutional team of Earth scientists, meteorologists, geologists and volcanologists has developed a new theory to explain the nature of volcanic fountaining. In their project, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group studied the 2021 eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano i...

03/12/2023

Scientists have downgraded the likelihood of an imminent eruption after a decrease in seismic activity, but cautioned that one was still possible.