Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

along with visible signs of active volcanoes,' Macdonald said. 'In recent years, the main breakthroughs have been figuring ...

HONOLULU (AP) — People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava. Watch the eruption in the player above. The eruption that began Dec. 23 ...

The volcano's alert status was immediately raised to the highest level by Indonesia's Geological Agency, prompting local authorities to call for the evacuation of 3,000 people living nearby.

TERNATE, Indonesia: Thousands of people declined on Thursday (Jan 16) a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are ...

HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, Hawaii – Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano roared back to life and resumed its eruption Wednesday as dramatic video provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) showed lava ...

Don’t be too hard on yourself if you’ve never heard of the Northwest’s most active volcano. It has no national park or ski area named after it. Its heights grace no city’s skyline.