VOLCANO ALERT: Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano rumbles- unleashes 20,000 ft cloud of ash

ALASKA – Eruptions from Pavlof Volcano continued on Wednesday after rumbling to life earlier in the week. The 8,261-foot peak on the Alaska Peninsula awoke Monday morning, kicking off a “low-level eruption of lava,” according… Read More →

Massive underwater volcano discovered off the coast of southeast Alasksa

ALASKA - U.S. Forest Service Geologist Jim Baichtal, who is based on Prince of Wales Island, and Anchorage geologist Sue Karl were looking at some hydrographic surveys, something geologists tend to do. When we were… Read More →

Another Alaskan volcano threatens to blow: satellite imagery shows Mt. Pavlof volcano is ‘very, very hot’

ALASKA - Another volcano in Alaska is heating up, with seismic instruments signaling a possible eruption. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says tremors were detected Monday at Pavlof Volcano 1,000 km southwest of Anchorage. John Power,… Read More →

Mexico raises alert level for Popocatepetl volcano

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City on Sunday after observing an increased level of explosive activity. The lava dome of Popocatepetl, some 50 miles to… Read More →

Volcano? California homes sinking one by one in now abandon subdivision near volcanic field

CALIFORNIA - Homes are sinking in a California subdivision built on top of volcanic country. Eight homes have been abandoned so far and 10 more are under an imminent evacuation notice after cracks appeared in… Read More →

VOLCANO ALERT: Popocatepetl Volcano eruption covers Mexican towns in ash

MEXICO – Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano has spewed ash over several towns in the central state of Puebla, just 55 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Mexico City, but the country’s capital was spared. The volcano blew… Read More →

Mayon Volcano spews ash, smoke; Phivolcs says no cause for panic

  VOLCANO ALERT: After months of relative quiet, Mayon Volcano spewed ash and smoke early Tuesday, startling residents in Albay province in Bicol. Residents saw an ash column coming from the volcano, according to… Read More →

Philippine volcano erupts violently, spews rocks: kills five climbers

VOLCANO ALERT:  PHILIPPINES - One of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes spewed huge rocks and ash after daybreak Tuesday, killing at least five climbers and trapping more than a dozen others near the crater in… Read More →

Plosky Tolbachik volcano activity intensifies in Kamchatka

VOLCANO ALERT: KAMCHATKA – Observers in Kamchatka have registered intensification of the activity of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano, the Kamchatka volcano observatory reported on Monday, referring to data of the scientists that work at the Tolud… Read More →

Australian volcano Big Ben rumbling again as NASA images reveal lava lake has overflowed crater

VOLCANO ALERT:  NASA’s EO-1 satellite snapped the shot of Big Ben, which is located on the remote Heard Island, about 4,100km southwest of Perth, in the sub-Antarctic, on April 20. When compared to another… Read More →