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Mount Pelée Placed on Yellow Alert After July Surge in Quakes and Summit Inflation

Scientists say short-term eruption odds are low but evolving seismic and inflation trends could signal a medium-term eruption risk.

Volcán de Fuego Erupts, Guatemala Raises Alerts and Evacuates Nearby Villages

Mount St. Helens, 46 Years Later, Is Quiet Under Watch

Mayon Volcano Showers Ash as Alert Level 3 Prompts Evacuations and Flight Warnings

Kanlaon Volcano Erupts Explosively, Sending 2,000-Meter Ash Plume Over Negros

El Chichón Unrest Persists as Mexico Maintains Yellow Alert

Kīlauea’s Summit Activity Prompts Aviation Code Orange as Short Eruptions Continue

Philippines Elevates Mayon to Alert Level 3 as Dome Collapses Trigger Evacuations

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

Armero, 40 Years On: Colombia Marks Volcano Disaster and Renews Search for the Missing

Tenerife Schedules Largest Volcano Emergency Drill With Islandwide Alert on Sept. 26

Magnitude 4.0 Quake Hits Campi Flegrei Near Naples During New Seismic Swarm

Mexico Installs Command Post and Reinforces 24/7 Monitoring at Chichonal After Seismic Uptick

Tokyo Releases AI Simulation of Mount Fuji Eruption to Push Preparedness

Etna Ash Prompts Top Airspace Alert as Kilauea’s Lava Bursts Continue

Kanichi Kanegae, Shimabara’s ‘Bearded Mayor,’ Dies at 94

New Excavations Confirm Centuries-Long Settlement in Post-Vesuvius Pompeii Ruins

Shinmoedake Volcano Continues Ash Emissions under 3 km Exclusion Zone

Florentina Holzinger's 'A Year Without Summer' Premieres to Acclaim at Berliner Volksbühne

4.4-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Naples Region, Extending Seismic Swarm