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

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

The Sakurajima Volcano erupted and spewed lava in Japan. Dramatic footage shows the volcano releasing a towering plume of ash 2,700 metres above the crater on Thursday, January 30, around 8:30 pm.

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

The Kilauea volcano - one of the most active in the world - is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks. It lies in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, a popular ...

A pyroclastic flow is a deadly, fast-moving mix of superhot gases and volcanic matter. Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa noted in a speech that the volcano is still unstable. “A 100-million ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

A miles-wide volcano off Oregon’s coast could erupt “soon” say scientists who’ve been tracking it for decades. The Axial Seamount is a massive undersea volcano that reaches more than 3,600 ...

For a third day, thousands of people fled the Greek island of Santorini by sea and air on Tuesday, as more earthquakes shook ...

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known than other volcanic ...

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.