Global Volcanism Program

Ambae | Explosions on 5 December 2021
Saunders | Intermittent thermal anomalies and some gas-and-steam emissions during June 2020-January 2022
Aira | Minor ash emissions July-December 2021
Merapi | Dome growth, pyroclastic flows, lava avalanches, and ash emissions through February 2022
San Cristobal | Explosions and ash plumes during December 2021
Tinakula | Thermal anomalies, gas-and-steam emissions, and possible lava flows during July-December 2021
Kilauea | New eruption in the lava lake at Halema’uma’u during September-December 2021
Erebus | Increased thermal activity during 2021 compared to 2020
Langila | Thermal anomalies, ash plumes, and sulfur dioxide plumes during May-December 2021
Heard | Thermal anomalies and lava flows continue; strong lava flow event during 3-5 January 2022
Sangay | Large explosion on 2 December 2021 with ash plumes to 15 km altitude and new flow on N flank
Sheveluch | Explosions destroy most of the whaleback dome; dome growth continues, July-December 2021
Stromboli | Strombolian explosions and minor flow activity, September-December 2021

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, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Chile.
How many volcanoes are erupting? | 40-50 continuing eruptions at any given time.
How many Holocene volcanoes are there? | About 1,350 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.

24 March 2022 Database updated (4.10.6). Current eruptions updated through 17 March 2022. General updates to volcano data.

31 January 2022 Database updated (4.10.5). Current eruptions updated through 27 January 2022. General updates to volcano data.

14 December 2021 Database updated (4.10.4). Current eruptions updated through 9 December 2021. General updates to volcano data.

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