WELLINGTON (dpa) – New Zealand is not called the “Shaky Isles” for nothing. It has about 14,000 earthquakes every year – though people only actually feel up to 150 of them. The country straddles the ...

On very clear days, I can see five volcanoes from my campus. They’re Rainier, Hood, Adams, St. Helens and Baker. That’s … a lot. I asked my friend Katie Cooper about it. She’s a geophysicist at ...

A deadly eruption on White Island in New Zealand Monday serves as a reminder to Pacific Northwest residents of the dangers of living near a volcano, said officials with the U. S. Geological Survey’s ...

For centuries - and long before Mount Doom drew Tolkien's heroes to Mordor - New Zealand's explosive geology has awed and terrified the island's residents. Volcanoes, including the one immortalized in ...

Q: Have the recent volcanic eruptions on New Zealand made it inadvisable to consider a trip there this December/January? Are there any sources on the Internet you could recommend for more information?

The Whakaari/White Island tragedy has led scientists to develop an eruption predictor tool using AI, which they hope will prevent another fatal volcanic disaster. Twenty-two people were killed and 45 ...

An American woman said she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people. Lauren, 35, and Matt Urey, 39, returned to ...