Most are in the Ethiopian Rift, the northern segment of the East African Rift System. An active volcano has magma stored deep within its crust that could potentially erupt in the future.

Ethiopia contains the largest number of volcanoes behind the passage of the biggest rift in the world in Addis Ababa, and this rift is 500 kilometers away, he said, which will potentially impact the ...

In 2005, the earth cracked open in Ethiopia. Two volcanic eruptions shook the desert, and a 35-mile-long rift opened in the land, measuring 20 feet wide in some places. Now a new study adds weight to ...

FILE - Fano fighters walk through a ransacked building in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, Dec. 7, 2021. Violence erupted March 1, 2024, between Ethiopian government forces and members of the militia.

Abbas Sharaqi, a professor of geology and water resources, confirmed that an earthquake occurred on Thursday, at 6:28 PM Cairo time, with a magnitude of 4.5 and a depth of 10 km in the Ethiopian Rift ...

They compared the data to that of two other rift volcanoes. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, showed a large pulse in explosive volcanism for 15,000 years, beginning 320,000 ...

Ethiopian PM Arrives in Somalia for First Visit After Red Sea Access Rift EndsMOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in Somalia for the first time in as many months, ...