Alcedo is a shield volcano on Isabela Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago. It stands out as the only Galápagos volcano known to have produced rhyolite as well as basalt. Its broad summit ...

Taal volcano with its lake-filled 15x20 km wide Talisay (Taal) caldera is a beautiful caldera volcano, but also one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the Philippines. Taal has had some of ...

Earthquakes often precede volcano eruptions, sometimes only by hours and other times by several months. While most seismic activity related to volcanoes is not necessarily followed by an eruption, ...

Katla volcano, located near the southern end of Iceland's eastern volcanic zone, is hidden beneath the Myrdalsjökull icecap. Katla is one of Iceland's most active and most dangerous volcanoes, ...

Papandayan is an active stratovolcano in Indonesia's Sunda Volcanic Arc, distinguished by four large summit craters, sulfur-coated fumaroles and an uneven profile shaped by repeated collapses. Its ...

Explosive activity continues. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned of a volcanic ash plume rising to an estimated 9000 ft (2700 m), or flight level 090, and moving at 20 kts in NW dir ...

Colorado (Canada and USA (mainland)), 39.66°N / -107.04°W Dotsero is a small volcanic complex near the meeting of the Colorado and Eagle Rivers, west of Colorado's Gore Range. Its dominant feature is ...

Piparo mud volcano is located in the Naparima Fold Belt of the Central Range of Trinidad which is mostly composed of shale sediments up to 1000 m thick. The erupted mud forms an elongated E_W oriented ...

Stromboli, a small island north of Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and famous for its normally small, but regular explosions throwing out glowing lava from several vents ...

Abu is a broad volcanic field on the northern coast near the southwestern end of Honshu, Japan. More than 40 individual volcanic centers are spread across about 400 square kilometers, including small ...

Kelud volcano (also spelled Kelut) is one of East Java's most active volcanoes. The volcano has a spectacular large crater that contains a lake, which was a popular weekend destination but also the ...

Tenerife is the largest volcanic complex in the Canary Islands, formed from multiple overlapping stratovolcanoes and associated vents. Teide rises to 3,715 m within the 10 x 17 km Las Cañadas caldera.