Volcano activity overview – currently erupting

Currently erupting:

Ambrym (Vanuatu): active lava lakes in several craters (updated 14 Aug 2013)

Batu Tara (Sunda Islands, Indonesia): strombolian explosions, ash plumes up to 500 m, extrusion of a small lava dome with rockfalls (updated 16 Aug 2013)

Cleveland (Aleutian Islands, Alaska): continuous small eruptions (updated 6 May 2013)

Colima (Western Mexico): lava flow on upper eastern flank (updated 19 Jul 2013)

Dukono (Halmahera): thermal anomaly, probably small explosive activity in summit crater (updated 2 May 2013)

Erebus (Antarctica): active lava lake in summit crater (updated 21 Jan 2012)

Erta Ale (Ethiopia): active lava lake in northern pit crater, active hornito with intermittend flow in southern crater (updated 11 Jan 2013)

Fuego (Guatemala): strombolian activity, new lava flow on upper southern flank (updated 19 Aug 2013)

Gamalama (Halmahera): ash eruptions since 17 Sep (updated 17 Sep 2012)

Grozny (Iturup Island): fumarolic activity (updated 3 Apr 2013)

Heard (Australia, Southern Indian Ocean): likely lava lake in summit crater (updated 1 Aug 2013)

Karkar (Northeast of New Guinea): possible ash eruption on 1 February (updated 15 Mar 2013)

Karymsky (Kamchatka): occasional small explosions, thermal anomaly (updated 16 Aug 2013)

Kilauea (Hawai’i): lava lakes in Halemau’uma’u and Pu’u ‘O’o, lava flows on coastal flat and weakly active ocean entries (updated 13 Aug 2013) Kizimen (Kamchatka): growing lava dome, lava flow on eastern flank, avalanches (updated 8 Aug 2013)

Kliuchevskoi (Kamchatka): strombolian activity at summit crater (updated 17 Aug 2013)

Lokon-Empung (North Sulawesi, Indonesia): steaming, degassing, occasional ash explosions (updated 25 Jul 2013)

Marapi (Western Sumatra, Indonesia): occasional weak explosions (updated 14 Aug 2013)

Nyiragongo (DRCongo): active lava lake in summit crater (updated 12 Jun 2013)

Ol Doinyo Lengai (Tanzania): effusion of natrocarbonatite lava inside the crater (updated 8 Jul 2013)

Pacaya (Guatemala): strombolian activity in summit crater (updated 16 Aug 2013)

Paluweh (off Flores Island, Indonesia): active growing lava dome (updated 12 Aug 2013)

Reventador (Ecuador): lava flow on upper southern flank, numerous small to moderate explosions (updated 17 Aug 2013)

Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): constant ash emissions and strong explosions (updated 19 Aug 2013)

Santa MarĂ­a / Santiaguito (Guatemala): Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala): lava flow on south flank of dome becomes more active (updated 13 Aug 2013)

Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): growing lava dome, ash venting and small to moderate explosions (updated 25 Jul 2012)

Shiveluch (Kamchatka): slow dome growth, occasional explosions and pyroclastic flows (updated 17 Aug 2013)

Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): continuing lava overflows (updated 25 Jul 2013)

Tinakula (Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands): increased activity at the volcano (updated 8 Feb 2013)

Tolbachik (Kamchatka): effusion of fluid lava flows (updated 13 Aug 2013)

Veniaminof (Alaska Peninsula, USA): effusion of lava flows (updated 16 Aug 2013)

Yasur (Tanna Island, Vanuatu): strong strombolian activity (level 3), crater currently closed (updated 14 Aug 2013)

 

Based on data by vocanodiscovery.com