There Are Currently 45 Ongoing Eruptions With Eruptive Activity From 52 Volcanoes at Some Point so Far This Year
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Strange Sounds
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Apr 22, 2020
Volcanoes of the World database update.
There were 45 ongoing eruptions as of 17 April 2020, with eruptive activity from 52 volcanoes at some point so far this year.
There are currently at least 45 volcanoes with ongoing eruptions as of today.
Although detailed statistics are not kept on daily activity, generally there are around 20 volcanoes actively erupting at any particular time.
Overall there are 45 volcanoes with ongoing eruptions as of the Stop Dates indicated, and as reported through the last data update (17 April 2020) and shown in the diagram below.
Just a reminder that yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Redoubt volcanic eruption on April 21, 1990. Here a picture:
Redoubt eruption on April 21, 1990, 30 years ago today. It was the Last of 23 major explosive events between December 1989 and April 1990. The 1989-90 eruption of Redoubt seriously affected the populace, commerce, and oil production throughout the Cook Inlet region and air traffic as far away as Texas. Total estimated economic costs are $160 million (Tuck and others, 1992), making this eruption of Redoubt the second costliest in U.S. history. More information on all Alaska’s volcanoes is always at avo.alaska.edu Photograph by J. Warren, USGS, April 21, 1990.
An eruption marked as “continuing” does not always mean that the activity is continuous or happening today, but that there have been at least some intermittent eruptive events at that volcano without a break of at least 3 months since it started.
An eruption listed here also might have ended since the last public data update, or at the update time a firm end date had not yet been determined due to potential renewed activity.
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