The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off ...

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific last Wednesday. This was the 6th strongest quake ever recorded, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was 84 miles southeast ...

If you’ve ever wondered why so many earthquakes and volcanoes seem to happen around the Pacific, there’s a reason! It’s all thanks to a fiery stretch of the planet called the "Ring of Fire." The ...

As Hawaii prepares for a possible "explosive eruption," confusion has arisen about the relationship between Kilauea and the West Coast's "ring of fire" volcanoes. But experts say there's not cause for ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists predict Hawaii's Kilauea volcano to erupt in the near future after an eruption May 25 sent lava spewing more that 1,000 feet into the sky. Since December 2024, ...

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 may have been one of the 10 largest ever recorded on the planet, but it wasn't totally unprecedented. The ...

The Pacific 'Ring of Fire' is surging into public consciousness once again, following recent volcanic headlines from the Hayli Gubbi eruption in Ethiopia — a dramatic event involving thick ash plumes ...

A recent earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state, along with increased volcanic activity in Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii, has captured the news media's attention and sparked questions ...

Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active regions that encircle the Pacific Ocean. By Victoria Kim Hundreds of millions of ...