Recent Bulletin Reports
- KarymskyNew eruption with ash explosions and thermal anomalies during June-November 2024
- SemeruLahars, pyroclastic flows, and ash plumes during January-June 2024
- LewotobiAshfall, pyroclastic flows, and a lava flow during December 2023-May 2024
- SangayDaily explosions and gas-and-ash emissions during January through June 2024
- UbinasLight ashfall, lahars, and gas-and-steam emissions during January-June 2024
- EtnaExplosions, lava fountaining, lava flows, and ash plumes during March-August 2024
- Nevado del RuizIntermittent gas-and-ash plumes, ashfall events, and seismicity during February-July 2024
- AiraExplosions, ashfall, and incandescent ejecta during March-August 2024
- MasayaLandslides, sulfur dioxide emissions, and thermal activity during February-July 2024
- EtnaStrong Strombolian explosions, lava fountains, and lava flows during November-February 2024
- AiraOccasional explosions, eruption plumes, and ashfall during November 2023-February 2024
- TofuaIntermittent thermal activity continued at the Lofia crater during August 2023-January 2024
- AhyiOccasional discolored plumes of water during January-March 2024
- HeardThermal activity and occasional lava flows were detected during August 2023-January 2024
- Nevado del RuizContinuous gas-and-ash emissions and occasional ashfall during August 2023-January 2024
The Global Volcanism Program documents, disseminates, and archives eruption information to better understand worldwide volcanic activity. Reports are produced on daily, weekly, and multi-month timescales. Information from these reports, along with content from scientific studies and other sources, is compiled in the Volcanoes of the World database, a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes and their eruptions from the past 12,000 years.
Selected "Frequently Asked Questions" Quick Answers
- What volcanoes and volcanic regions form the "Pacific Ring of Fire"?
There are 688 Holocene volcanoes (57% of the total) in 41 different volcanic regions.
- 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 1,215 active in the past 12,000 years.
- Has volcanic activity been increasing?
No.
- What was erupting in the year...?
Range of 64-89 (average 78) total eruptions in each year since 2000 (including ongoing activity counted in multiple years), with an average of 36 for both new and ended eruptions.
- What volcanoes have had the longest eruptions?
There have been 106 eruptions lasting 5 years or longer; Yasur (Vanuatu) may have been erupting for over 750 years.
- What volcanoes have the most people living nearby?
Ten have over 1 million people within 5 km.
- What volcanoes are the most noteworthy?
There are 142 volcanoes with notable known activity or impacts (major eruption, multiple large eruptions, high fatality eruption, frequently active, significant lava effusion).
Latest Website and Database News
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31 March 2026
Database updated (5.3.5). Current eruptions updated through 31 March 2026. General revisions to volcano information. Completed project to provide a name or designation for all previously unnamed volcanoes.
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31 December 2025
Database updated (5.3.4). Current eruptions updated through 30 December 2025. General revisions to volcano information.
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26 November 2025
Database updated (5.3.3). General updates to volcano data.
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30 September 2025
Current eruptions updated through 19 September 2025. General updates to volcano data.
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18 August 2025
Public launch of the Smithsonian / USGS Daily Volcanic Activity Report, a cooperative project between the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) and GVP. Concise daily volcanic activity summaries are published Monday through Friday and describe volcanic activity that has occurred and been reported by volcano observatories or other authoritative agencies during the preceding ~24 hours. The report is underpinned by a VDAP database, E-Chron, that archives volcanic activity for eruption forecast analyses, and presented with content from the GVP Volcanoes of the World Database.
