Smoke rising from the Vesuvius volcano, east of Naples, in July 2017. Photo by Eliano IMPERATO / AFP A strong 4.4-magnitude quake hit Italy's volcanic region of Campi Flegrei and the nearby city of ...

Italy's Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli volcanoes erupted in recent days, spewing smoke and ash into the air. These volcanoes are two of the most active in the world — but they are not the only ...

Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, is an example of a composite volcano. Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions. These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads ...

Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may have had a more explosive history than experts thought. A new study finds that the volcano ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

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A team of volcanologists are investigating the dynamics of explosive eruptions at Stromboli volcano, Italy, with a particular focus on its last 5,000 years of activity. Present-day volcanic activity ...

A volcano on Italy's Stromboli island has erupted causing a plume of smoke to fill the air. No injuries have been reported but planes have been deployed to drop water on fires caused by lava.

Cascades of lava flowed from one of Mount Etna’s largest craters for the first time in four years. It is Europe’s tallest active volcano. Photo: Etna Walk/Giuseppe di Stefano/Reuters ...