The program responds to volcanic eruptions internationally, collecting data and providing assistance to affected communities.

Mount Spurr is part of the Ring of Fire, located in southern Alaska. The mountain is a stratovolcano, which means it has ...

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life ...

Video by USGS USGS HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES OBSERVATORY Lava is seen fountaining in Halemaumau crater this morning in this screenshot from a live stream. 2 /2 USGS HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES OBSERVATORY Lava is ...

The latest episode of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kilauea volcano ended at 9:18 a.m. HST on Thursday, February 20, ...

NASA's Landsat 8 satellite snapped a stunning top-down view of an "unusually spectacular" Mount Etna eruption. Infrared data makes the volcano's lava river really pop.

Episode 10 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 8:22 p.m. HST on Feb. 19, 2025 with low level fountaining within the caldera, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano entered its 10th eruption episode since December on Wednesday night, February 19, according to a ...

Two dozen Volcano Disaster Assistance Program scientists and engineers based at Vancouver’s U.S. Geological Survey office don’t know what will become of their jobs or their mission to respond to volca ...

Kilauea volcano is shooting lava into the air once again in Hawaii. Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii is one of the world’s ...

A red-hot lava flow two miles long has been attracting crowds to the slopes of Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, Italy.