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The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history during the Quaternary Period of Earth's geologic history, with particular emphasis on volcanic activity during the Holocene Epoch (the last 11,700 years). The mission of the GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate ...
2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions: 38 Dieng Volcanic Complex: 2 Indonesia: 1786 [30] 32 Mount Nyiragongo: 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2021 2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption: 32 Kelud: 4 Indonesia: 1990 [40] 31 Bayonnaise Rocks: 2 Japan: 1952 [41] 31 Nabro Volcano: 4 Eritrea: 2011 2011 Nabro eruption: 30 Rinjani: 3 Indonesia: 1994 [42] 27 ...
“Here’s an update on the now-exploding supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park,” the man says. ... one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, according to the Smithsonian Institution’s ...
The Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation recommended that a 7 km (4.3 mi) radius around the volcano be evacuated. [75] Seven villages were affected by the eruption. [76] A larger eruption occurred on 7 November. [77] On 8 November, the volcano erupted several times, one bearing an ash plume with a height reaching 10 km (6.2 mi ...
Taupō Volcano: Taupō Volcanic Zone: 17 Unknown 1460 BCE 3.4 Waimihia eruption 5 Avachinsky Kamchatka ≥ 3.6 Unknown 1500 BCE 3.5 Tephra layer AV1 5 Hayes Volcano: SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 8.1 1550 BCE Hayes Tephra set H 6 Youngest Caldera, Santorini: South Aegean Volcanic Arc: 34.5 [38] 1610 BCE 3.6 Minoan eruption: 6
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( August 2022 ) The Volcano Number (also Volcano Reference File Number , Volcano Numbering System , or VNUM ) is a hierarchical geographical system to uniquely identify and tag volcanoes and volcanic features on Earth.
As of December 2022, the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program database of volcanic eruptions in the Holocene Epoch (the last 11,700 years) lists 9,901 confirmed eruptions from 859 volcanoes. The database also lists 1,113 uncertain eruptions and 168 discredited eruptions for the same time interval.
The three editions of Volcanoes of the World were in 1981, [1] 1994 [2] and 2010 [3] and are based on the GVP data and interpretations. The subtitle of the second edition was A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism during the last 10,000 years. It also identified the collaboration of Russell Blong, Johnathan Dehn ...