Thousands of earthquakes have struck Iceland this week as researchers found evidence that magma is rising to the ground surface, prompting fears that a volcanic explosion could occur any time …
Iceland’s meteorological office says that the likelihood of a volcanic eruption “remains high” after hundreds of earthquakes were recorded overnight. According to the office’s last update just before 8 a.m. …
Icelandic authorities were preparing to build defence walls on Tuesday around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it from lava flows …
Officials in Iceland are preparing for a possible volcanic eruption in the wake of hundreds of earthquakes that forced a coastal town along the island nation’s southern peninsula to evacuate …
A series of earthquakes is continuing to shake Iceland, with some 880 tremors registered by the authorities between midnight and 6am on Sunday, broadcaster RUV reported. All the tremors were …
Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency …
Topline Iceland, home to hundreds of volcanoes, has been hit with more than 2,000 earthquakes in the last few days, prompting the country to declare a state of emergency and …
An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but one expert said it “may not last very …
It’s dusk in late June on a path blanketed with crumbled volcanic rock near the top of Europe’s tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, as Canadian David Orr takes the last …
Iceland is experiencing yet another volcanic eruption on its southwest peninsula. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said Monday that a fissure broke open between the Fagradalsfjall and Keilir mountains, roughly 37 …