Episode 42 ended after 9 hours and 48 minutes with both the north and south vents active for most of the eruption. The highest peak or instantaneous effusion rate of 1000 cubic yards per second occurred around 3 p.m. on Feb. 15. An estimated 15 million cubic yards of lava erupted and covered about 50% of Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor.

ONE of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes is showing unsettling new signs of activity. Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are watching closely for

Scientists in Mexico documented a number of changes inside El Chichón during monitoring between June and December 2025.

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Feb 17,2026, with an ash column 800m above peak. It has erupted 18 times in a week, 338 times in 2026 so far. PVMBG issues Level III alert and safety advisor

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC),

A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ocean floor. The 2012 explosion at the Havre volcano, near New Zealand, produced an immense field of pumice and lava deposits that scientists have only recently been able to fully map.

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on February 15, 2026, marking its 53rd eruption in a week. PVMBG has set its activity level at Level III (Alert), advising residents to avoid certain areas due

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of time. To fully understand how volcanoes work,