Of all the forces of nature, volcanoes are some of the most unpredictable, but some researchers think this volcano is waking up after 700,000 years.

An article Tuesday posted by The Daily Mail titled ‘America’s deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions’ has garnered attention online, but it is not entirely accurate.

After more than four centuries of lying dormant, the Krasheninnikova volcano erupted in August, sending clouds of ash to the skies. Since then, volcanic plumes have continued to emerge from the site, spilling lava across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan issued the travel alert on November 20. The Sakurajima volcano "has shown a significant increase in explosive activity since November 16, 2025, with a large eruption sending an ash plume up to 4,400 meters (approx. 14,400 feet)," the alert says.

A NASA satellite image shows a volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that has awoken after more than 400 years of slumber. Krasheninnikova first began spilling lava and spitting up ash on the morning of August 3 2025, according to reports from the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team.

The summit eruption of Kīlauea continues, with 36 episodes of lava fountaining since the eruption began on Dec. 23, 2024. Let’s catch up on the events and hazards associated with the volcano’s most recent few eruptive episodes, and review the current status of Kīlauea.

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu had multiple eruptions on Sunday, sending a plume of ash almost three miles into the air.

More damaging than the earthquake was the fatal tsunami that swept the island’s shores shortly afterwards. Campers at Halape, on the south coast in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, were awakened by the shaking and by rockfalls from the pali above that the shaking triggered.