The rift is a massive 20-plus-million-year-old continental crack in the Earth's surface stretching across ... Notably, in 2005, the Afar region of Ethiopia was rocked by more than 420 earthquakes ...

The Afar region is one of the most volcanically and ... are the most recent in the history of molten material rising to the ...

For three days a cloud of billowing ash dimmed the sun as the region's ... mountain" in the Afar language—erupted. What set off these startling events? Miles below the surface a mammoth burp ...

A volcanic eruption has struck Ethiopia's central Mount Dofan, a region that has recently experienced frequent minor tremors, according to local media reports on Friday. The tremors in the Awash ...