Record Numbers Define the Current Volcanic Crisis The Ring of Fire has witnessed over 50 volcanic eruptions between mid-2023 ...

Scientists tracking the Pacific’s most volatile margins are watching a familiar pattern sharpen into something more urgent, as clusters of earthquakes and restless volcanoes hint at shifting stresses ...

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 may have been one of the 10 largest ever recorded on the planet, but it wasn't totally unprecedented. The ...

A recent earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state, along with increased volcanic activity in Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii, has captured the news media's attention and sparked questions ...

Recent major volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Ethiopia have sparked questions about increasing activity. However, experts state there's no evidence ...

Understanding the origins of the Ring of Fire, the most seismically active place on Earth, is famously difficult as geologic evidence is destroyed in the process. Now a new study suggests that ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck of the northeast coast of Japan late Monday. Thereafter, a tsunami of 50 cm was ...

Earthquakes can also occur within a single tectonic plate, thus occurring on land rather than at sea. Since earthquakes ...

If you’ve ever wondered why so many earthquakes and volcanoes seem to happen around the Pacific, there’s a reason! It’s all thanks to a fiery stretch of the planet called the "Ring of Fire." The ...