Global Volcanism Program

AmbrymNew effusive eruption during January 2024
PopocatepetlDaily gas-and-ash emissions, ashfall, and occasional explosions during August-November 2023
ReventadorDaily explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, and incandescent avalanches during August-November 2023
Erta AleStrong lava lake activity and lava overflows during June-November 2023
UbinasNew eruption with explosions and ash plumes during June-December 2023
KanagaSmall explosion on 18 December 2023
KlyuchevskoyNew eruption consisting of Strombolian activity, lava flows and fountains, and ash plumes during June-December 2023
AgungThree eruptive events reported in April, May, and December 2022
SaundersPersistent thermal anomalies from the summit crater lava lake during February 2023-January 2024
Tengger CalderaMinor ash emission in December 2023; persistent weak thermal anomaly in the Bromo crater
ShishaldinNew eruption with significant Strombolian explosions, ash plumes, and ashfall
IotoNew eruption with discolored water, ejecta, and floating pumice during October-December 2023
PuraceGas-and-ash emission on 16 November 2023
SuwanosejimaEruption plumes, crater incandescence, and occasional explosions during July-October 2023
EtnaStrombolian explosions, lava fountains, and lava flows during July-August 2023

What volcanoes and volcanic regions form the "Pacific Ring of Fire"? There are 693 Holocene volcanoes (57% of the total) in 41 different volcanic regions.
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 1,222 active in the past 12,000 years.
Has volcanic activity been increasing? No.
What was erupting in the year...? Range of 64-89 (average 78) total eruptions in each year since 2000 (including ongoing activity counted in multiple years), with an average of 36 for both new and ended eruptions.
What volcanoes have had the longest eruptions? There have been 106 eruptions lasting 5 years or longer; Yasur (Vanuatu) may have been erupting for over 750 years.
What volcanoes have the most people living nearby? Ten have over 1 million people within 5 km.
What volcanoes are the most noteworthy? There are 142 volcanoes with notable known activity or impacts (major eruption, multiple large eruptions, high fatality eruption, frequently active, significant lava effusion).

31 December 2025 Database updated (5.3.4). Current eruptions updated through 30 December 2025. General revisions to volcano information.
26 November 2025 Database updated (5.3.3). General updates to volcano data.
30 September 2025 Current eruptions updated through 19 September 2025. General updates to volcano data.
18 August 2025 Public launch of the Smithsonian / USGS Daily Volcanic Activity Report, a cooperative project between the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) and GVP. Concise daily volcanic activity summaries are published Monday through Friday and describe volcanic activity that has occurred and been reported by volcano observatories or other authoritative agencies during the preceding ~24 hours. The report is underpinned by a VDAP database, E-Chron, that archives volcanic activity for eruption forecast analyses, and presented with content from the GVP Volcanoes of the World Database.
6 August 2025 Minor updates to volcano data for Kamchatka Peninsula. Added two eruptions since 17 July update.