On November 5, a M9.0 earthquake hit the area from Kamchatka to Sakhalin. It caused a devastating tsunami. Over 2000 people were killed in the fishing town of Severo Kurilsk, on one of the islands ...

In my last article I wrote about the Turkana, volcanism that is part of the Great African Rift. But unbeknownst to most this is just one of several rift systems in Africa that are tearing the conti… ...

By Jean-Marie Prival, doctor in volcanology and founder of kīpuka magazine Like other natural disasters, volcanic eruptions can have an impact on civilizations. Of course they can annihilate them, but ...

It seemed to come out of nowhere. In the midst of a quiet interlude, after the hugely damaging La Palma had ended, when the hugely touristic eruption at Fagradalsfjall failed to re-appear, and the ...

I am taking this opportunity to look at 5 volcanoes that at least I find interesting. I am doing this out of the perspective of the life-curve of an eruption. I find this perspective to be interest… ...

Not surprisingly, the cause of these volcanic chains lies underground. Australia is the world’s fastest continent. Continental drift is moving it north (10 degrees east of north, to be precise) at ...

This page contains useful links and graphics for the current notable event. The following is for mbl.is cameras, with a Thorbjorn focus March 2024 cams, MBL RUV operates several camera: March 2024 … ...

The Rockall plateau consists of two main parts, the higher eastern bank, and the lower western bank which is more broken up. The two main parts are called the Rockall Bank (a certain uniformity in ...

The location of the earthquakes suggest a possible eruption in the NW sector of Cumbre Vieja. However there is a factor of unpredictability. The exact path that the intrusion takes may or may not ...

On 15 July, a video of an explosive eruption of Erta Ale (Afar Region, Ethiopia) volcano was briefly discussed in the comment section. It was a small ash plume emerging from the summit of the ...

At one time, Portugal ruled the world. Its explorers discovered the Cape of Good Hope, created colonies around the Indian Ocean, reached China and Japan, founded the city of Nagasaki, and claimed m… ...

Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts quite regularly, on average about once a decade. These eruptions can last a long time: 6 months is not unusual and the 1921 eruption lasted almost a full year. On the VEI ...