QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, a volcanologist said Wednesday. Authorities last week evacuated 10 villages from its western slopes as a precaution.

This week has been a quite active one at Tungurahua. The Ecuadoran volcano has produced some impressive explosions that reached as high as ~7 kilometers (23,000 feet) and dusted ash across the region.

HUAMBALO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has been putting on a dramatic show, spewing lava from a cauldron-like crater and launching towering clouds of ash and gas. The country's ...

The Tungurahua volcano is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes. A collapse 3,000 years ago led to a widespread debris avalanche of moving rock, soil, snow and water. There remains some ...

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano erupted early Sunday morning, sending a large plume of gas, stones and ash nearly 45,000 feet into the sky. The plume was visible more than 90 miles northeast ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash six miles into the air yesterday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes. Some 1,000 villagers ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Repeated explosions are rocking Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano, which is also shooting out chunks of molten rock. The country’s National Geophysics Institute says that a ...

A volcano in Ecuador spewed a six-mile-high column of ash into the air, during an explosion that last five minutes at 6:10pm local time on Friday. Yesterday's blast at Tungurahua was followed by a ...

The Tungurahua volcano -- also known as "The Black Giant" -- is showing signs of instability, which could lead to a massive landslide and major damage to the local area, the research published in ...

The Tungurahua volcano spews fumes and lava on February 27, in Huambalo, Ecuador. The volcano erupted again on Wednesday and, experts said, could keep erupting for days. The Tungurahua volcano ...