These new eruptions are taking place on Volcano Island, which sits inside Lake Taal, a 234 sq km lake formed in the caldera of an earlier massive eruption. Volcano Island alone has 47 craters and ...

In 2019, a team of Cuban and Colombian geologists left for Easter Island to accurately date the volcanic island. To do so, they resorted to a tried-and-tested recipe: dating zircon minerals.

Nestled in the southern region of Isabela, Sierra Negra Volcano stands majestically over Isabela Island, rising nearly ... the 5.5-mile trail on foot or horseback from Santo Tomas, a tiny village ...

remote Nishinoshima island in the Ogasawara island chain is still showing signs of volcanic activity. A survey from an Asahi Shimbun aircraft on Nov. 3 confirmed white fumarolic gas rising from ...

“A minor phreatic eruption from Taal Volcano Island's Main Crater at 1:59 AM today, 25 September 2024, was captured by the thermal camera of the Daang Kastila Observation Station (VTDK),” PHIVOLCS ...

They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form.

Sixteen volcanic earthquakes were monitored at the Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island since Saturday midnight, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Sunday.

The island of black sand beaches and brightly-painted fishing boats is a popular tourist destination. A few hundred visitors a year also trek up the stony slopes of the volcano to witness the ...

One of the eruptions from the volcano island’s main crater was captured by the thermal camera of the Daang Kastila Observation Station at 12:39 p.m. A phreatic eruption is a “steam-driven ...

"This phreatomagmatic eruption was limited at the volcano island. We're looking whether there's ashfall in the eastern side, but there's no evacuation yet," Bacolcol said by phone. Bacolcol said ...

Phivolcs noted a long-term deflation of the Taal Caldera and short-term inflation on the northern and southeastern flanks of Taal Volcano Island. Taal remains under Alert Level 1, which means low ...

The volcano remains under Alert Level 1. Phivolcs said entry into Taal Volcano Island is prohibited, especially at the main crater and Daang Kastilla fissures. Aside from Taal, state ...