A volcano is a hole in the earth's crust that allows lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape.

Volcanic eruptions are fueled in part by dissolved gas pressure, similar to how escaping gases pull the
cork out of a bottle of champagne. A volcano that has erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years is
considered active. It's possible that an active volcano is erupting or it is dormant. An active volcano that
is erupting is known as an exploding volcano.

The epicenter is the location on the surface of the earth that lies vertically above the
hypocenter, which is the place in the crust where a seismic rupture begins. The majority of mountains
and mountain ranges are part of mountain belts that developed where two lithospheric plates collided
and, in most cases, continue to collide. Many mountain belts, in effect, indicate the limits of lithospheric
plates, which intersect with other similar boundaries. As a result, extended mountain systems exist with
a sequence of convergent plate borders that continue from one to the next. Plate Tectonics is based on
an earth model in which a small number of lithospheric plates, ranging in thickness from 70 to 250
kilometers 40 to 150 miles, float over a viscous under-layer known as the asthenosphere. The
lithosphere, the Earth's solid outer crust, is divided into plates that move across the upper mantle.
according to plate tectonics theory. All around the world, oceanic and continental plates interact at their
boundaries.