Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Those scientists saved countless lives, but their forecast was more of an educated guess than it might have appeared. It was ...

HONOLULU--One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

USGS scientists from the Hawaiian, Cascades and Alaska Volcano Observatories discussed their experiences and best practices ...

A violent volcanic eruption in the South Pacific has revealed a surprising natural mechanism that could potentially help slow ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater at semiregular intervals since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a ...

We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema‘uma‘u ...

This past March, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists — two of whom travelled from Hawaii — visited El Salvador in ...