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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.
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" …
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. Latest in News. Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old …
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Jun 18, 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, …
The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it ...
May 30, 2025 · "A volcano emitting the modest amounts of carbon dioxide that might presage an eruption isn't going to show up in satellite imagery," Robert Bogue, a doctoral student in …
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 …
Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts twice in 2 days ...
Jun 18, 2025 · Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki first erupted at 5:35 p.m. local time (5:35 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, unleashing a mushroom-shaped ash cloud measuring more than 6 miles (10 …
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, …
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 …
Record spike in earthquakes at Washington's 'high threat' volcano …
Oct 4, 2024 · Six earthquakes hit the "high threat" volcano in September, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which is a drastic increase from the normal rate of one …