Social media users are claiming that a viral video shows a recent underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that sent ash, debris and tsunami waves across the Pacific. A 2-minute Facebook video shared ...

A digital simulation of an underwater volcano eruption in New Zealand has tricked users online, with some sharing the footage as authentic footage of the eruption at Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano ...

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WELLINGTON (dpa) – New Zealand is not called the “Shaky Isles” for nothing. It has about 14,000 earthquakes every year – though people only actually feel up to 150 of them. The country straddles the ...

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Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday. There were 47 people ...

New research on Rangitoto is helping scientists plan for what might happen if Auckland's biggest volcano erupts. University of Auckland researchers have discovered that the hardened magma below ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A helicopter pilot said in court on Thursday he and two of his passengers had escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, ...

Editor’s Note: Shane Cronin is a Professor in Volcanology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has published more than 200 scientific papers on the chemistry and physics of active volcanoes ...

An American woman said she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people. Lauren, 35, and Matt Urey, 39, returned to ...