There are scores of active volcanoes in Japan, which sit on the so-called 'Ring of Fire'. Here, a large proportion of the world's quakes and eruptions are recorded. But one of these volcanoes in ...

As a pool of liquid magma under the Sakurajima volcano in Japan grows in size, so does the chance of an imminent major eruption, which according to a study published Tuesday, is likely to happen ...

A team of US scientists have observed unusual volcano activity connecting the 2011 eruption of Kirishima, or Mount Shinmoedake, to a volcano 13.7 miles away. The researchers from the University of ...

Volcanoes are unpredictable and their eruptions can have devastating consequences. Some go thousands of years without erupting before suddenly reigning fire on anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby.

MIAMI--Scientists have confirmed for the first time that radical changes of one volcano in southern Japan was the direct result of an erupting volcano 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) away. The observations ...

One of Japan's most active volcanoes could be close to a major eruption threatening the "Naples of the Eastern World", research suggests. A team of experts developed pioneering techniques to map the ...

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A research team led by the University of Bristol has found magma build-up beneath Japan's Aira caldera and Sakurajima volcano may indicate a growing threat to Kagoshima city and its 600,000 ...

A volcanic eruption in southern Japan 30,000 years ago was so massive it dumped a 10-centimeter layer of ash in what is now the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo, according to researchers. A team at the ...

One of Japan’s most active volcanoes could be close to a major eruption threatening the “Naples of the Eastern World”, research suggests. A team of experts developed pioneering techniques to map the ...

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that radical changes of one volcano in southern Japan was the direct result of an erupting volcano 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) away. The observations from ...