The five main types of volcanic eruptions and their characteristics, depending on the composition and viscosity of the magma VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a ...

Though volcanologists study all types of volcanoes, the latter kind is of greatest ... which forms when two tectonic plates rub against each other and generate enough friction and heat to create ...

Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily ...

The eruption created a massive caldera (a depression formed by a volcanic eruption), effectively splitting the island in two. The northwestern portion became the island of Epi, with a landmass of ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of ... Mount Spurr has two vents (openings) in the Earth's crust from which lava, volcanic gas and other ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...