Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The driving force behind this volcanic activity is believed to be the “Iceland Plume”—a deep, hot column of molten rock that ...

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

The residents of Awash Fentale, a district some 200km east of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, are no strangers to earthquakes. The area sits along a geological fault line near two active volcanoes, ...

The Philippine islands form part of the so called “ring of fire”, where many of Earth's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The country has more than 300 volcanoes, of which 24 are ...

In some locations, the plates collide to form mountain ranges like the Himalayas. In other locations, one plate slides under another, creating volcanoes and earthquakes, like in Japan.

The eruption announced its approach on July 4 of this year, when southwest Iceland was rocked by more than 2,000 earthquakes in just 24 hours. Not long after, seismic activity dropped off as magma ...

On the other, he said, people come to Iceland for its nature, and the nature would not be the same without the country’s volcanoes. “And I would not be in the business,” he said.