Something extraordinary is happening along the horseshoe-shaped belt that wraps around the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire, home to three quarters of the world's active volcanoes and responsible for ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted over the weekend, spewing deadly clouds and rivers of ash and pulverized rock. It is one of 11 active volcanoes in the Central America country that ...

A convergence of volcanic eruptions, seismic clustering research, and overdue fault lines has scientists paying closer attention to the Pacific Ring of Fire than at any point in recent memory. The ...