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Feb 25, 2025 · The world's largest volcano: Mauna Loa, which rises 30,000 feet (9,000 meters) above the seafloor. Number of active volcanoes in the U.S.: 165.
We finally know where the Yellowstone volcano will erupt next
Jan 9, 2025 · The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen …
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Jun 10, 2025 · The U.S. Geological Survey defines a volcano as a vent in Earth's surface, either on land or on the seafloor, from which molten rock called magma, as well as ash and gases, …
Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will 'most likely …
Mar 18, 2025 · In 1992, volcanic tremor started about three weeks before Mount Spurr erupted. Another nearby volcano that erupted in 2009, Mount Readout, showed volcanic tremor for two …
WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europe's largest volcano blows as …
Jun 2, 2025 · Scientists observing the volcano said that the latest eruptive activity likely started after a collapse of material in Mount Etna's South-East Crater, where the "explosive activity" …
What's the difference between an active, dormant and extinct …
Dec 30, 2024 · A volcano that hasn't erupted in the Holocene is considered extinct. This geologic-timescale-based distinction is somewhat arbitrary, Ben Kennedy , a volcanologist at the …
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may unleash devastating eruptions …
Mar 2, 2025 · A new study finds that the volcano — or one near it — laid down an enormous layer of ash and volcanic rock about 109,000 years ago. This outburst, dubbed the Maddaloni/X-6 …
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano hit by 150 earthquakes in just 5 hours
May 31, 2024 · Europe's awakening Campi Flegrei volcano experienced its biggest seismic swarm in 40 years, with 150 earthquakes rocking the region in southern Italy in the evening of …
Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, …
Jan 2, 2025 · The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Axial seamount erupts regularly — it rumbled to life in 1998, …
Mount Etna eruption in images: See Europe's largest active …
Jun 4, 2025 · The Italian volcano, which is the largest active volcano in Europe, has been erupting on and off for centuries, according to the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program. The …