Monsoon rains eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Mount Semeru, causing the eruption, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

Mount Semeru, also known as Mahaneru, has erupted several times over the past few centuries. However, its most recent eruption occurred in December 2022, causing smoke flumes to shoot over a mile ...

Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, Lampung Province, erupted four times on Friday, two of which were accompanied by ...

The supervolcano's last eruption was 631,000 years ago. Before then, it erupted 2.1 million and 1.3 million years ago. These eruptions were some of the largest known to man. If it were to erupt ...

The huge amount of water injected by the cataclysmic Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption into Earth's atmosphere last year will temporarily affect the protective ozone layer. The Hunga Tonga volcanic ...

To put that into perspective, the 1991 eruption of Pinatubo in the Philippines, arguably the most powerful volcanic eruption in living memory, was rated a 6 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index ...

“The Hunga eruption highlights a new type of volcano, and new types of underwater threats,” says Shane Cronin, a volcanologist at the University of Auckland. And yet only a handful of ...

Tooth eruption begins at six months and can last until the age of three. During this stage, your child’s gums may be sore and irritable. You can soothe the gums by gently rubbing the gums with a ...