Global Volcanism Program

Krakatau | Explosions, ash plumes, and thermal activity during May-October 2022
Manam | Intermittent ash plumes and thermal activity during May-October 2022
Home Reef | New island-forming eruption with ash plumes during September-October 2022
Erebus | Continuing lava lake; slightly decreased thermal activity recorded in 2022 compared to 2021
Sabancaya | Daily explosions, gas-and-ash plumes, and thermal activity during April-October 2022
Taal | Small phreatomagmatic explosions in April and October 2022
Ambae | Significant explosions during December 2021-February 2022 build new cone in summit crater lake
Erta Ale | Persistent thermal activity at S crater, but intermittent at N crater, during May-November 2022
Bezymianny | Strong explosions in late May and late October 2022, accompanied by ash plumes and thermal activity
Karymsky | Intermittent ash explosions until early August 2022; ongoing thermal anomalies and steam plumes
Villarrica | Ongoing seismicity, gas-and-steam emissions, and crater incandescence during March-September 2022
Great Sitkin | Slow lava effusion continued during May-October 2022
Chirinkotan | Ash plume identified in satellite images on 7 October 2022

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 1,350 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.

17 April 2023 Database updated (5.0.4). General updates to volcano data. Current eruptions updated through 14 Apr 2023.

1 March 2023 Database updated (5.0.3). General updates to volcano data. Current eruptions updated through 23 Feb 2023.

23 January 2023 Database updated (5.0.2). General updates to volcano data.

21 December 2022 Database updated (5.0.1). Current eruptions updated through 19 Dec 2022. General updates to volcano data.

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