Observations at Ontake volcano The research team put this theory to the test by examining seismic signals during two eruptions of Ontake Volcano, on Honshū Island in Japan. The 2007 eruption was small ...

Rescuers are scrambling to help dozens of hikers stranded on an erupting volcano in central Japan with six people believed to be buried under ash and dozens injured. Columns of thick white steam were ...

France's Pleiades satellite captured this image of vapor, fumes and toxic gases escaping from Ontake volcano in Japan on Sept. 30, three days after the eruption that has killed more than 54 people.

University of Tokyo researchers discovered an increase in a helium isotope during a ten-year period before the 2014 Mount Ontake eruption in central Japan. The finding suggests that this helium ...

The sky was a brilliant blue and the crisp air of early autumn filled the lungs of those stepping out of their vehicles that September morning. Conditions were perfect for mountain climbing. Inside ...

The death toll for the Mount Ontake volcano eruption in Japan has climbed to at least 36, reports Reuters. Japan's second most active volcano erupted without warning Saturday, leaving hundreds of ...

Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and police officers prepare a rescue operation near the peak of Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan on Sept. 29, 2014, ...

At the time of writing at least 43 people are thought to have died, and dozens have been injured, during the eruption of Japanese volcano Mount Ontake. It was a well-monitored volcano, so why wasn't ...

Videos taken by hikers are straight out of a disaster films, with pyroclastic flows looming above the hikers has they try to run downslope. So far, only 8 injuries are reported from the explosive ...