Washington state’s Mount St. Helens erupted catastrophically in 1980, killing 57 people. That eruption sent ash soaring over 80,000 feet and raining down as far as 250 miles away. Mauna Loa is ...

A violent eruption at Japan's Sakurajima Volcano has produced a spectacular display of volcanic lightning, lava and a plume reaching up to three miles into the air.

This composite image shows the eruption of Mauna Loa from temporary cameras at the volcano rim. USGS. The USGS statement said that the lava flows are currently contained within the summit area and ...

Volcanoes like Mount St. Helens are called composite or stratovolcanoes. Their steep, conical slopes are built by the eruption of viscous lava flows and rock, ash and gas. Japan’s Mount Fuji is ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years ...

More: Hawaii volcano erupts, spews ash 6 miles into the sky "Kilauea is not likely to have a Mount St. Helens-style eruption because it's made of runny lava that lets the gas bubbles escape, and ...

The identity of Jezero Mons on Mars is no longer a mystery. First observed back in 2007, the elevated structure on Jezero Crater was quickly recognized as a mountain, but whether it was a volcano or ...

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted at about noon local time (18:00 GMT) on Sunday. It is one of Central America's most active volcanoes but Sunday's eruption caused more fatalities than any of ...

This Alaskan volcano is tied with Aniakchak for #7. I have to admit, I wasn’t too familiar with Black Peak but it is another composite volcano in the Aleutians that has experienced caldera-forming ...

Mt. Shasta erupts episodically with 10 or more eruptions occurring in short 500-2,000 year periods, separated by long intervals of 3,000- 5,000 years with few or no eruptions.

When Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on June 3, villages, coffee farms and a golf resort downslope were consumed in just minutes by a pyroclastic flow — a fast-moving mixture of hot gas and ...

Drone video taken near Mexico’s most active volcano continues to show ash and gasses spewing into the air as millions of residents continue to watch for signs of a larger eruption.