Like the the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens over four decades ago, the blast from the Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022 measured at a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5, with a bottom ...

The most recent supervolcanic eruption on Earth occurred approximately 27,000 years ago, during the Stone Age, when early humans were still fashioning tools and decorating cave walls. This colossal ...

As volcanoes go, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull on Tuesday, April 13, won’t make the science books. Though scientists haven’t yet been able to gather enough information on the eruption to ...

In March 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State began erupting with a series of steam-driven blasts. These intensified over weeks, leading to a massive eruption on May 18 at 8:32 a.m. Rated a 5 on ...

First ed. entered under title: Volcanoes of the world : a regional directory, gazetteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years / Tom Simkin ... [et al.]. Stroudsburg, Pa. : ...