Sakurajima volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud 1,100 meters into the sky in Japan. Officials said the explosive eruption ...

The active Sakurajima stratovolcano in Kagoshima, Japan, erupted on Sunday, sending a huge plume of ash into the sky.

Japan is crisscrossed with 111 active volcanoes. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is responsible for monitoring volcanic activity and providing related disaster preparedness information.

Now, a study published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pins the blame on Zavaritskii caldera, ...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.S. West Coast, and some scientists ...

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan.

The eruption was one of the largest of the 19th century, but the identity of the volcano responsible has long been unclear.

The Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island in the Kuril Islands north of Japan was the culprit. The 1831 eruption threw huge quantities of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, lowering global ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as ...