Eruptions

People suffered heavy losses in the eruptions.

Although fatalities tend to be rare, many people have died as a result of volcanic eruptions during the last quarter century.

Volcanic eruptions in Tonga have created a new island.

Active volcanoes are volcanoes that have had recent eruptions or are expected to have eruptions in the near future.

Dormant volcanoes no longer produce eruptions, but might again sometime in the future.

History has recorded many violent volcanic eruptions on Earth.

A tsunami is a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions.

Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.

A cinder-and-spatter cone is building at fissure 8 as the cone continues to feed a lava flow that reaches the ocean at Kapoho during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii.

For comparison, lava from volcano eruptions can be anywhere between 700 and 1,200°C.