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  • 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

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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.

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