Italy's Mount Etna and Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano have been huffing and puffing their way into the news recently, spewing plumes of ash and dribbling lava in the latest flare-ups of eruptive activity that have been going on for years in the case of both volcanoes. While larger eruptions, such as Indonesia's Pinatubo in 1991 and the 1980 blast of Mount St.
Volcano News from Iceland: Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 Small earthquakes have also been more frequent under and near the Askja caldera and Bardabunga volcano (to the SW of Askja) in the past few days. [more] A weak swarm of earthquakes has occurred at Krafla over the past days.
Updated 2011-07-20 10:14 AM Mt. Etna lava fountain, blindingly bright, even in a wide-angle shot of the summit area. Uly 19, 2011. By Photo courtesy: Tom Pfeiffer / www.volcanodiscovery.com