Experts say Hawaii's Kilauea isn't done erupting. And it's not the only volcano rumbling.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists predict Hawaii's Kilauea volcano to erupt in the near future after an eruption May 25 sent lava spewing more that 1,000 feet into the sky.
Since December 2024, Kilauea has erupted about once a week, making it one of the world's most active volcanoes, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
Kilauea isn't the only volcano erupting. More than 50 volcanic eruptions have been reported around the world this year. The eruptions contribute significantly to earthquakes of all sizes, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
About the Kilauea eruption in 2025
The Kilauea eruption that produced the 1,000-foot plume occurred in a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park about 200 miles and several islands southeast of Honolulu. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status report says the lava poses no immediate threat to people who live in the area.
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Other volcano eruptions and the Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped region in the Pacific about 25,000 miles long that contains more than 450 volcanoes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The ring, NOAA says, extends "from the southern tip of South America, along the West Coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan and into New Zealand." Its volcanoes extend farther south into Antarctica.
"Three out of every four live volcanoes on Earth are here,” National Geographic says. “Almost all earthquakes happen here, too."
The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − moving slabs of rock millions of square miles across. They can collide with or pull away from one another. Heavier plates can slide beneath lighter ones, heating and melting the rock and creating magma. Volcanoes form as the magma rises through the Earth's crust.
How volcanos differ in shape and size
How many volcanic eruptions have occurred in 2025?
Fifty to 70 volcano eruptions are recorded around the world each year. According to the Global Volcanism Program, 54 volcanic eruptions have been confirmed this year as of May 2. A dozen of those eruptions have been in new locations.
Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast
The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon. It last erupted in 2015.
“A year ago, Axial seemed to be taking a nap, but now it’s waking up, and we think it’s likely to erupt before the end of 2025,” Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist with Oregon State University and part of a team that’s studying the volcano, told Paste BN at the time.
A series of instruments placed around the volcano indicates a reservoir has been refilling with magma since its last eruption, gradually inflating so that it's bulging upward.
Overall, the undersea volcano continues to grow but it "sure doesn't seem like anything is imminent," he wrote.
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