Global Volcanism Program

Recent Bulletin Reports

Bagana | Ongoing lava extrusion and ash emissions, September 2022-March 2023
Langila | Thermal anomalies during clear weather through March 2023; ash plume on 20 October 2022
Nevado del Ruiz | Gas-and-ash emissions, dome growth, and seismicity continued during August 2022-January 2023
Kaitoku Seamount | New eruption with strongly discolored water during August 2022-January 2023
Stromboli | Frequent Strombolian explosions persist with lava flows during July-December 2022
Reventador | Daily explosions, ash plumes, lava flows, and block avalanches during August-November 2022
Saunders | Thermal activity continues during February 2022-January 2023
Kerinci | Eruption during October 2022-February 2023 with minor ash plumes
Aira | Explosions, ash plumes, and ashfall during July-December 2022
Karangetang | Weak thermal activity and gas-and-steam emissions during July-December 2022
Semeru | Intermittent gas-and-ash plumes and incandescent avalanches during July-December 2022
Suwanosejima | Intermittent explosions, eruption plumes, ashfall, and incandescent ejecta during April-December 2022
Mayon | Lava dome growth and gas-and-steam emissions during August-November 2022

The Volcanoes of the World database is a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 12,000 years.

Frequently Asked Questions (more questions are available)

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.

Site & Database News

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.

9 June 2023 Database updated (5.1.0). Completed review of 2022 eruptions. Current eruptions updated through 9 June 2023. General updates to volcano data.

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

Who We Are

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

In the event of a US Government shutdown, the Global Volcanism Program will remain OPEN through at least Saturday, October 7, by using prior year funds. Visit si.edu for updates.

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