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Recent Bulletin Reports

  • Ubinas  |  Intermittent ash explosions in June-August 2019
  • Santa Maria  |  Persistent explosions with local ashfall, March-August 2019; frequent lahars during June; increased explosions in early July
  • Stromboli  |  Major explosions on 3 July and 28 August 2019; hiker killed by ejecta
  • Ol Doinyo Lengai  |  Multiple lava flows within the summit crater, September 2018-August 2019
  • Ulawun  |  Explosions on 26 June and 3 August 2019 send plumes above 19 km altitude
  • Sarychev Peak  |  Ash plume on 11 August; thermal anomalies from late May to early October 2019
  • Asamayama  |  Ashfall from phreatic eruptions on 7 and 25 August 2019
  • Villarrica  |  Strombolian activity continued during March-August 2019 with an increase in July
  • Reventador  |  Daily ash emissions and incandescent block avalanches continue, February-July 2019
  • Raikoke  |  Short-lived series of large explosions 21-23 June 2019; first recorded activity in 95 years
  • Sinabung  |  Large ash explosions on 25 May and 9 June 2019
  • Semisopochnoi  |  Small explosions detected between 16 July and 24 August 2019

The Volcanoes of the World database is a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 10,000 years.

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Site & Database News

19 November 2019 Database updated (4.8.4). General updates to volcano data, including the addition of three Icelandic volcanoes to the Holocene list split off from larger systems. Current eruptions updated through 1 November 2019.

18 September 2019 Database updated (4.8.3). General updates to volcano data. Current eruptions updated through 13 September 2019.

6 August 2019 Database updated (4.8.2). General updates to volcano data.

11 July 2019 Database updated (4.8.1). Current eruptions updated through 11 July 2019.

E3 Web Application

The "Eruptions, Earthquakes, & Emissions" web application (or "E3") is a time-lapse animation of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes since 1960. It also shows volcanic gas emissions (sulfur dioxide, SO2) since 1978 — the first year satellites were available to provide global monitoring of SO2.

Eruptions, Earthquakes & Emissions Web Application

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

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