Active Volcanoes Today: Activity and Alerts Worldwide

Check active volcanoes today, elevated official alerts and recent volcanic activity worldwide.

Volcanoes with elevated volcanic alerts today

Cataloged volcanoes1.214
Integrated elevated official alerts19
JMA volcanoes requiring attention or on high alert7
Bulletins in the last 24 h12

Last status update: 06/11/2026 05:13 UTC

World map of active volcanoes

Map of volcanoes with recent official statuses.

Volcano

Volcanic alerts and latest official bulletins

VolcanoGDE statusAuthority
Aira (桜島)🇯🇵 Western Pacific Volcanic Regions, JapanGDE status: 🟡 Elevated activity · Volcano access restrictionsJMA · source
Krakatau (Anak Krakatau)🇮🇩 Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions, IndonesiaGDE status: 🟡 Elevated activityPVMBG · source
Merapi🇮🇩 Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions, IndonesiaGDE status: 🟡 Elevated activityPVMBG · source

EarthSentra does not issue its own volcano alerts. We preserve the competent authority’s level and message and keep official alert, activity, eruption and aviation status separate.

Historical volcanic eruptions

Smithsonian GVP worldwide Holocene eruption catalog, displayed chronologically without GDE importance selection.

11.089 displayed records · Smithsonian GVP · Snapshot retrieved: 2026-10-29 06:17:18 UTC

StartEndVolcano / countryVEIGVP certainty
1919-07-02 ±182 days—
Askja
Dyngjufjöll
🇮🇸 Iceland
2Confirmed
1919-07-02 ±182 days—
Grimsvotn
Volcano Uncertain
🇮🇸 Iceland
2?Confirmed
1919-07-02 ±182 days1920-07-02 ±182 days
Puyehue-Cordon Caulle
Cordón Caulle
🇨🇱 Chile
2Confirmed
1919-07-02 ±182 days—
Villarrica
🇨🇱 Chile
—Uncertain
1919-07-02 ±182 days1924-07-02 ±182 days
Masaya
Santiago
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
2Confirmed
1919-06-201919-06-30
Negro, Cerro
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
2Confirmed
1919-06-171919-07-26
Hokkaido-Komagatake
SE of Ansei Crater
🇯🇵 Japan
2Confirmed
1919-05-28 [?]—
Ulawun
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
2Confirmed
1919-05-191919-05-20
Kelud
🇮🇩 Indonesia
4Confirmed
1919-05-181919-12-23
Izu-Oshima
Mihara-yama
🇯🇵 Japan
0Confirmed
1919-05-16 ±15 days—
Babuyan Claro
Smith volcano
🇵🇭 Philippines
2Confirmed
1919-05-041919-05-04
Shikotsu
Tarumai
🇯🇵 Japan
2Confirmed
1919-04-16 ±15 days1919-05-16 ±15 days
Asosan
Naka-dake
🇯🇵 Japan
2Confirmed
1919-03-151925-02-16 ±15 days
Etna
Central Crater, NE Crater
🇮🇹 Italy
2Confirmed
1919-03-141919-08-27 [?]
Asamayama
🇯🇵 Japan
2Confirmed
1919-02-281919-03-01
Marapi
🇮🇩 Indonesia
2?Confirmed
1919-02-19 [?]1922-07-02 ±182 days
Popocatepetl
🇲🇽 Mexico
1Confirmed
1918-10-16 ±15 days1922-05-16 ±15 days
Bulusan
🇵🇭 Philippines
2Confirmed
1918-10-121918-11-04
Katla
South side of caldera
🇮🇸 Iceland
4+Confirmed
1918-09-18—
Bam
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
—Confirmed
1918-08-16 ±15 days1918-09-04
Gamalama
🇮🇩 Indonesia
1Confirmed
1918-08-15 ±5 days1918-08-15 ±5 days
Marapi
🇮🇩 Indonesia
2?Confirmed
1918-08-111918-08-26
Karthala
NE flank, Changomeni, NE Chahalé
🇰🇲 Comoros
GVP: Union of the Comoros
3Confirmed
1918-08-09—
Kaba
🇮🇩 Indonesia
2?Uncertain
1918-07-21 [?]—
Ulawun
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
2Confirmed

When there is not a sufficient selection of notable historical eruptions, the hub shows the eruptive-activity history documented by Smithsonian GVP, preserving source certainty, incomplete dates and unknown VEI without inventing values.

Which volcanoes are active today?

Searches for active volcanoes today usually mean one of three things: volcanoes with elevated alert levels, recent eruptions or volcanoes showing notable unrest. EarthSentra combines current monitoring information with a world map so you can quickly identify volcanoes that may require closer attention.

Active volcanoes today around the world

An “active volcano” is not necessarily erupting right now. A volcano may be classified as active but remain quiet, while another may have an elevated alert because of earthquakes, gas emissions or ground deformation. For that reason, the page prioritizes official volcano alerts and recent monitoring information rather than treating every catalogued volcano as an ongoing eruption.

How many volcanoes are active today?

There is no single real-time number accepted worldwide because observatories and scientific catalogs use different criteria. To see which volcanoes have the most relevant activity now, use the alerts and map above, then browse the country directory for regional volcano monitoring pages.

EarthSentra does not issue volcano alerts and preserves the authority of the original monitoring source.

Volcanic activity by country

See volcanic activity in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Argentina and Colombia.

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