Active & potentially active volcanoes worldwide
Explore 194 active and potentially active volcanoes from the Ring of Fire to Iceland — eruption history, population exposure and baseline eruption probability.
Total volcanoes
0
Active
0
Erupted since 2021
0
past 5 years
Countries
0
Regions
0
Highest VEI
0
on record
P(1yr)* is a baseline estimatefrom each volcano's eruption history, status and explosivity — it does not include live seismicity or unrest. For seismically-informed assessments see the Philippine dashboard.
60 volcanoes have erupted in the past 5 years
Japan • Kyushu
Last Eruption
2021
Pop. 30km
380K
P(1yr)*
39.3%
Caldera
Japan • Kyushu
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
1.0M
P(1yr)*
14.6%
Stratovolcano
Japan • Kyushu
Last Eruption
2022
Pop. 30km
600K
P(1yr)*
22.2%
Shield volcano
Japan • Ryukyu Islands
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
1K
P(1yr)*
9.4%
Stratovolcano
Japan • Ryukyu Islands
Last Eruption
2021
Pop. 30km
5K
P(1yr)*
8.9%
Stratovolcano
Japan • Bonin Islands
Last Eruption
2023
Pop. 30km
N/A
P(1yr)*
28.8%
Submarine volcano
Japan • Bonin Islands
Last Eruption
2022
Pop. 30km
400
P(1yr)*
3.5%
Caldera
Indonesia • Sunda Strait
Last Eruption
2023
Pop. 30km
500K
P(1yr)*
15.9%
Caldera
Indonesia • Java
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
3.5M
P(1yr)*
28.3%
Stratovolcano
Indonesia • Sumatra
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
200K
P(1yr)*
3.9%
Stratovolcano
Indonesia • Java
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
1.5M
P(1yr)*
19.4%
Stratovolcano
Indonesia • Java
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
1.0M
P(1yr)*
34.2%
Stratovolcano
+ 48 more recently erupted volcanoes
Volcanoes with the most people living nearby (weighted by distance)
Baseline 1-year eruption probability from a Poisson model using each volcano's status, recency of last eruption, and explosivity (no live seismicity — see the Philippine dashboard for seismically-informed assessments).
Japan • last 2021
~1 eruption / 2 yr baseline
Japan • last 2019
~1 eruption / 2 yr baseline
Italy • last 2024
~1 eruption / 2 yr baseline
Chile • last 2024
~1 eruption / 2 yr baseline
Indonesia • last 2024
~1 eruption / 2 yr baseline
USA • last 2022
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
USA • last 2009
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
Indonesia • last 2024
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
Japan • last 2023
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
USA • last 2024
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
Russia • last 2024
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
Indonesia • last 2024
~1 eruption / 3 yr baseline
17 countries with active or potentially active volcanoes
Volcano data sourced from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program, USGS Volcano Hazards Program, and various national geological surveys.
Population data is approximate and based on LandScan global population database.
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