Global Volcanism Program

Manam | Few ash plumes during November-December 2022
Krakatau | Strombolian activity and ash plumes during November 2022-April 2023
Stromboli | Strombolian explosions and lava flows continue during January-April 2023
Nishinoshima | Small ash plumes and fumarolic activity during November 2022 through April 2023
Karangetang | Lava flows, incandescent avalanches, and ash plumes during January-June 2023
Ahyi | Intermittent hydroacoustic signals and discolored plumes during November 2022-June 2023
Kadovar | An ash plume and weak thermal anomaly during May 2023
San Miguel | Small gas-and-ash explosions during March and May 2023
Semisopochnoi | Occasional explosions, ash deposits, and gas-and-steam plumes during December 2022-May 2023
Ebeko | Continued explosions, ash plumes, and ashfall during October 2022-May 2023
Home Reef | Discolored plumes continued during November 2022-April 2023
Ambae | New lava flow, ash plumes, and sulfur dioxide plumes during February-May 2023
Ibu | Daily ash explosions continue, along with thermal anomalies in the crater, October 2022-May 2023

The Volcanoes of the World database is a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 12,000 years.

Which countries have the most volcanoes? | United States, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Chile.
How many volcanoes are erupting? | 40-50 continuing eruptions at any given time.
How many Holocene volcanoes are there? | About 1,300 active in the past 12,000 years.
Has volcanic activity been increasing? | No.
What was erupting in the year...? | Range of 56-88 total eruptions per year since 1991.
What volcanoes have had the longest eruptions? | 101 eruptions 5 years or longer.
What volcanoes have the most people living nearby? | 10 have >1 million people within 5 km.
What volcanoes are the most noteworthy? | 187 volcanoes with significant activity or impacts.

26 April 2024 Database updated (5.1.7). Current eruptions updated through 19 April 2024. General updates to volcano data.

4 March 2024 Database updated (5.1.6). Current eruptions updated through 2 March 2024. General updates to volcano data.

15 December 2023 Database updated (5.1.5). Current eruptions updated through 15 December 2023. General updates to volcano data.

9 November 2023 Database updated (5.1.4). General updates to volcano data.

The mission of GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity.