Global Volcanism Program

Piton de la Fournaise | New eruption characterized by lava fountains and flows during July-August 2023
Poas | Small phreatic eruptions during July-September 2023
Sangay | Explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows during March-August 2023
Great Sitkin | Slow lava effusion in summit crater continued during May-October 2023
Nyiragongo | Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through September 2023
Dempo | Weak explosions, some with ash, from the crater lake during July and August 2023
Masaya | Thermal anomalies in the summit crater during February-July 2023
Manam | Low thermal activity during January-June 2023
Popocatepetl | Daily gas-and-ash emissions, ashfall, and explosions during April-July 2023
Santa Maria | Frequent explosions, lava flows, ash plumes, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
Fagradalsfjall | New eruption consisted of lava flows and fountains during July-August 2023
Fuego | Daily explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
Reventador | Daily explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, and block avalanches persisted during April-July 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.

23 December 2024 Database updated (5.2.5). Current eruptions updated through 23 December 2024. General updates to volcano data.

21 October 2024 Database updated (5.2.4). Current eruptions updated through 16 October 2024. General updates to volcano data.

20 September 2024 Database updated (5.2.3). General updates to volcano data. Published Volcanic Regions list.

22 August 2024 Database updated (5.2.2). Current eruptions updated through 16 August 2024. General updates to volcano data.

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