With all the talk of the current Yellowstone earthquake swarm, I thought it would worth it to write a post on the the structure and caldera - and why we get earthquake swarms that are structurally ...

When a volcano erupts, stuff comes out of the ground. Most of the time, it isn't much stuff (and by "stuff", we're talking lava, ash, volcanic gases in varying proportions). But sometimes it's a lot.

Calderas form during the collapse of a magma chamber roof following a major eruption, creating large depressions often tens of kilometres in diameter. These structures host dynamic magmatic systems ...

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Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Apolaki Caldera, known to be the world's largest caldera to date, was discovered in Benham Rise by a Pinay marine ...

Last week’s earthquake in western Montana was the strongest earthquake in the region in 60 years. An initial quake set off 10 smaller earthquakes, with people as far west as Seattle and as far north ...

Deposits and scarp from the July 21, 2014 landslide in the Askja caldera, Iceland. Photo by Capture from RUV.is video. Most volcanoes are inherently unstable features. They are constructed of loose ...

The city of Mammoth Lakes sits on the edge of the Long Valley Caldera formed around 700,000 years ago. This caldera is 15 miles in diameter and is North America's second largest. 1. The Long Valley ...