The known sequence of Maunaloa’s 1868 events began with an eruptive phase beginning at about dawn March 27 at the summit, lasting a couple of hours. Seismicity escalated thereafter, with Kaʻū ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

To me, the sweeping savannas, striking volcanic landforms, and towering peaks that characterize the Great Rift Valley are every ... a soaring, active volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai; and the ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Kaʻū district. However, this may not have been the ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the ...

Some of the world's most spectacular but least-known volcanoes lie along the East African Rift, a wide crack in the Earth's crust that runs for more than 1,200 miles from Malawi through Tanzania ...

The Associated Press In this aerial photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Mauna Loa volcano is seen erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift Zone on the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday.

The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley , a natural property of outstanding beauty, comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Elementaita) in the ...

Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes ...

The earthquake, along with a resultant tsunami along the coast and landslide near Wood Valley ... fissures broke out from the volcano’s lower Southwest Rift Zone in what is now the Kahuku ...