Global Volcanism Program

Kadovar | An ash plume and weak thermal anomaly during May 2023
San Miguel | Small gas-and-ash explosions during March and May 2023
Ebeko | Continued explosions, ash plumes, and ashfall during October 2022-May 2023
Home Reef | Discolored plumes continued during November 2022-April 2023
Semisopochnoi | Occasional explosions, ash deposits, and gas-and-steam plumes during December 2022-May 2023
Ambae | New lava flow, ash plumes, and sulfur dioxide plumes during February-May 2023
Ibu | Daily ash explosions continue, along with thermal anomalies in the crater, October 2022-May 2023
Dukono | Continuing ash emissions, SO2 plumes, and thermal signals during October 2022-May 2023
Sabancaya | Explosions, gas-and-ash plumes, and thermal activity persist during November 2022-April 2023
Sheveluch | Significant explosions destroyed part of the lava-dome complex during April 2023
Bezymianny | Explosions, ash plumes, lava flows, and avalanches during November 2022-April 2023
Chikurachki | New explosive eruption during late January-early February 2023
Marapi | New explosive eruption with ash emissions during January-March 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 1,300 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.

4 March 2024 Database updated (5.1.6). Current eruptions updated through 2 March 2024. General updates to volcano data.

15 December 2023 Database updated (5.1.5). Current eruptions updated through 15 December 2023. General updates to volcano data.

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.

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