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Kīlauea Marks One Year of Eruption With 39th Summit Fountaining Episode Reaching 1,400 Feet

USGS monitoring shows the summit activity is confined to Halemaʻumaʻu in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

Yellowstone Webcam Captures New ‘Dirty Eruption’ at Black Diamond Pool

San Ramon Earthquake Swarm Persists With 4.0 and 3.9 Quakes as Scientists Urge Caution

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Strikes Near Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Three Quakes Jolt San Ramon as USGS Revises Largest to Magnitude 4.0

Rains Turn Iran’s Hormuz ‘Red Beach’ Coastline Crimson in Striking Natural Event

Northern Lights Possible Across Northern U.S. This Weekend, With Best Odds Friday Night

Winter Solstice Arrives Dec. 21 as Sunsets Begin to Shift Later

NOAA: Northern Lights Possible in 10 States on Thanksgiving Night

Perseverance Detects Martian Lightning as Nature Study Confirms Dust-Driven Discharges

Kīlauea Erupts Again With 400-Foot Lava Fountains in 37th Summit Episode

Ethiopia's Long-Dormant Hayli Gubbi Erupts as Ash Cloud Disrupts India Flights

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Rattles The Geysers Area in Northern California

Kilauea’s 37th Summit Episode Erupts With 1,300-Foot Fountains as Orange Alert Stands

Utqiagvik Enters Polar Night With Next Sunrise Expected January 22

Semeru Erupts on Java With Highest Alert in Effect as Hundreds Shelter

Indonesia Raises Mount Semeru to Highest Alert as Eruption Forces Mass Evacuations

UK Snow and Ice Warnings Prompt Fresh Guidance on Safe Driveway Clearing

Kamchatka Logs Four Aftershocks in Latest 24 Hours

Sakurajima Erupts With 4.4-Kilometer Ash Plume as Kagoshima Flights Are Canceled