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.

People fled the eruption on motorcycles ... hazard mitigation agency on Sunday raised the alert level for Mt. Semeru to the highest level. The agency also issued a warning to residents not ...

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 ...

A 'back-projection' technique reveals new details of the volcanic eruption in Tonga that literally shook the world. A new analysis of seismic data recorded after the massively violent eruption of ...

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

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 ...

More information: Ashok Kumar Gupta et al, Eruption chronology of the December 2021 to January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption sequence, Communications Earth & Environment (2022). DOI: 10. ...

A new analysis of seismic data recorded after the massively violent eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, on January 15, 2022, has revealed new and useful information on ...