The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off ...

As Hawaii prepares for a possible "explosive eruption," confusion has arisen about the relationship between Kilauea and the West Coast's "ring of fire" volcanoes. But experts say there's not cause for ...

In a matter of days, a nearby volcano will erupt, spewing debris and lava, and decimating your city. You know that fighting ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is living up to its name, with scientists tracking a chain of restless faults and volcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean. From Alaska to Kamchatka and down to the Oregon ...

Dozens of Guatemalan soldiers put down their guns and picked up push brooms today to help sweep the runways of the country’s main international airport, which was shut for nearly 24 hours after the ...

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 may have been one of the 10 largest ever recorded on the planet, but it wasn't totally unprecedented. The ...

The Colima Volcano continued its days-long eruption on Saturday, spewing a huge cloud of ash and cinders and prompting evacuations in western Mexico as officials feared the volcano was becoming ...

Scientists are uncovering how climate change influences seismic activity, volcanic hazards and extreme weather, as Michael Allen uncovers ...

Our western volcanoes : an overview -- Plates in motion : the ring of fire, hot spots, and supereruptions -- Magma and mountains : how volcanoes erupt and the landforms they build -- Glaciers on ...