Volcano profile
15 active and potentially active volcanoes in Russia — eruption history, elevation, VEI and population exposure.
Volcanoes
15
in database
Active
15
Erupted since 2000
12
Highest VEI
VEI 5
Highest peak
4,835m
Klyuchevskoy
People within 30km
0.5M
Yes — 15 active
Russia has 15 catalogued volcanoes, 15 currently classified active, with about 0.5 million people living within 30 km of one. The volcano our model rates most likely to erupt in the next year is Klyuchevskoy (~28.4%).
Statistical estimates from the QuakeGlobe eruption-forecast model, not predictions. Always follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
4,835m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
20K
Pop. 100km
50K
📍 56.0560°, 160.6420°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
3,283m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
10K
Pop. 100km
30K
📍 56.6530°, 161.3600°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,882m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
15K
Pop. 100km
40K
📍 55.9780°, 160.5870°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,536m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
500
Pop. 100km
20K
📍 54.0490°, 159.4430°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Shield volcano
Elevation
3,682m
Last Eruption
2013
Pop. 30km
5K
Pop. 100km
30K
📍 55.8320°, 160.3260°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Caldera
Elevation
1,079m
Last Eruption
1907
Pop. 30km
1K
Pop. 100km
20K
📍 51.8000°, 157.5330°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,741m
Last Eruption
1991
Pop. 30km
200K
Pop. 100km
300K
📍 53.2560°, 158.8300°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
3,456m
Last Eruption
2009
Pop. 30km
200K
Pop. 100km
300K
📍 53.3200°, 158.7120°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Complex volcano
Elevation
2,322m
Last Eruption
2000
Pop. 30km
10K
Pop. 100km
200K
📍 52.4530°, 158.1950°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Caldera
Elevation
1,829m
Last Eruption
2010
Pop. 30km
15K
Pop. 100km
200K
📍 52.5580°, 158.0300°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,958m
Last Eruption
2017
Pop. 30km
5K
Pop. 100km
200K
📍 53.5900°, 159.1500°
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia • Caldera
Elevation
1,560m
Last Eruption
1952
Pop. 30km
500
Pop. 100km
20K
📍 54.1140°, 159.6710°
Kuril Islands • Somma volcano
Elevation
1,156m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
10K
Pop. 100km
15K
📍 50.6860°, 156.0140°
Kuril Islands • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,339m
Last Eruption
2022
Pop. 30km
5K
Pop. 100km
15K
📍 50.8610°, 155.5650°
Kuril Islands • Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,496m
Last Eruption
2019
Pop. 30km
500
Pop. 100km
5K
📍 48.0920°, 153.2000°
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FAQ
Russia has 15 catalogued volcanoes in the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program dataset, 15 currently classified as active, and 12 have erupted since 2000. About 0.5 million people live within 30 km of one.
Our eruption-forecast model rates Klyuchevskoy the most likely to erupt in the next 12 months in Russia, at roughly 28.4% (about one eruption every 3 years on average). This is a statistical estimate, not a prediction — follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
By population exposure — the number of people within 30 km weighted by eruption probability — the most dangerous volcano in Russia is Avachinsky, with about 200,000 people within 30 km and a modeled 17.3% one-year eruption probability.
The most recent eruption in our dataset for Russia was at Klyuchevskoy in 2024.