Nothing is more terrifying than a huge volcanic eruption filling the sky. Here are the top ten biggest volcanic events ever recorded.

A seismic survey under the sea south of Kyushu has found a large, partly molten body of rock beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, ...

A massive volcanic eruption devastated southern Japan 7,300 years ago, but new research reveals how ancient communities survived and adapted.

Indonesia’s Geological Agency raised Anak Krakatau to Level III, the second-highest of its four alert tiers, at 9pm local ...

JAKARTA--Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The ...

A small volcano in a scenic lake south of Manila erupted on Thursday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to the institute, a "minor phreatomagmatic eruption ...

MANADO, Indonesia --Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers (more than a mile) into the sky, closing an airport and peppering ...

Volcanoes have cast a shadow over climate and history. Cold spurts after eruptions may have spurred famine, disease, revolts ...

On Suwanosejima in the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, eruptions occurred on October 7 and 8, 2026, for the first time ...

Population models suggest the Kikai-Akahoya eruption brought severe regional decline alongside continued growth on some ...

A thick plume is seen over the sky as Mount Kanlaon Volcano erupts in Negros Island, the Philippines, on Oct. 10, 2026. Mount Kanlaon Volcano in the central Philippines erupted just over noon Saturday ...