Global Volcanism Program

Rincon de la Vieja | Continuing frequent weak phreatic explosions during July-December 2022
San Miguel | Frequent explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, and elevated sulfur dioxide during November 2022
Semisopochnoi | Intermittent explosions and ash emissions during June-November 2022
Klyuchevskoy | Strombolian eruption in November 2022
Nevados de Chillan | Explosions, ash plumes, pyroclastic flows, and thermal activity during June-October 2022
Chikurachki | Occasional explosions, ash plumes, and thermal anomalies during May-October 2022
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
Taal | Small phreatomagmatic explosions in April and October 2022
Sabancaya | Daily explosions, gas-and-ash plumes, and thermal activity during April-October 2022
Ambae | Significant explosions during December 2021-February 2022 build new cone in summit crater lake

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.

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.

21 December 2022 Database updated (5.0.1). Current eruptions updated through 19 Dec 2022. General updates to volcano data.

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