Global Volcanism Program

Merapi | Intermittent incandescent avalanches of material and pyroclastic flows during October 2022-March 2023
Santa Maria | Explosions, avalanches, ash plumes, and ashfall during August-November 2022
Tofua | Intermittent thermal anomalies in the Lofia crater during August 2022-January 2023
Kadovar | Ash plumes, two weak thermal anomalies, and gas-and-steam plumes during June 2022-January 2023
Ulawun | Short explosion on 28 March with minor ashfall on nearby villages; renewed activity in mid-July 2023
Nyiragongo | Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through March 2023
Etna | New vents and lava flows during November 2022-February 2023
Fuego | Daily explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, avalanches, and lahars during August-November 2022
Sangay | Daily explosions, incandescent block avalanches, lava flows, and ash plumes during September 2022-February 2023
Lascar | New effusive dome, ash plumes, and crater incandescence during December 2022-February 2023
Heard | Intermittent lava flows and persistent thermal anomalies during February 2022-January 2023
East Epi | Explosions during late January-February 2023 above the ocean surface; pumice rafts
Great Sitkin | Continued slow lava effusion in the summit crater during November 2022-April 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 1,350 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.

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

13 October 2023 Database updated (5.1.3). Current eruptions updated through 11 October 2023. General updates to volcano data.

19 September 2023 Database updated (5.1.2). General updates to volcano data.

18 August 2023 Database updated (5.1.1). Current eruptions updated through 17 August 2023. General updates to volcano data.

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