The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone "was much more complex than previously thought," according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano. When you purchase through links on ...

According to new research, the colossal caldera of the Yellowstone supervolcano was created by not one, but two powerful and closely spaced eruptions that took place some 630,000 years ago. The super ...

Last week’s earthquake in western Montana was the strongest earthquake in the region in 60 years. An initial quake set off 10 smaller earthquakes, with people as far west as Seattle and as far north ...

Magma chambers function both as repositories for melt rising through the crust and as reservoirs that feed individual volcanic eruptions. During silicic caldera-forming eruptions, these functions ...

Geologists say there is no evidence the Apolaki Caldera -- part of an extinct volcano located in the Philippine Sea -- could erupt and wipe the country off the map, contrary to doomsday posts ...

Buried beneath the high desert on the Oregon–Nevada line, an ancient volcanic scar is suddenly being talked about in the same ...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the ...

Researchers now believe the sprawling Yellowstone caldera was created by two massive eruptions from the supervolcano that occurred approximately 630,000 years ago. Geologists from the University of ...

Researchers have confirmed that a giant lava dome was created in the Kikai Caldera, south of Japan's main islands after the caldera-forming supereruption 7,300 years ago. The dome is in the world's ...

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the ...