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Eruptions starting in the 1550s

Eruptions42
Volcanoes41
Largest VEI4

By country

Nearby decades

StartVolcanoCountryVEI
1550AkanJapan–
1550AlutoEthiopia–
1550AvachinskyRussia–
1550BaruPanama–
1550FernandinaEcuador0
1550HakkodasanJapan1
1550KarymskyRussia–
1550KatlaIceland4
1550Kie BesiIndonesia3
1550KikhpinychRussia–
1550KrasheninnikovRussia–
1550Maly SemyachikRussia4
1550MichinmahuidaChile4
1550Mono Lake Volcanic FieldUnited States–
1550NyamulagiraDR Congo–
1550SheveluchRussia3
1550ShikotsuJapan2
1550Soufriere HillsUnited Kingdom–
1550Soufriere St. VincentSaint Vincent and the Grenadines–
1550TakawanghaUnited States–
1550TanagaUnited States–
1550TaranakiNew Zealand–
1550TaveuniFiji0
1550TolbachikRussia2
1550UbinasPeru3
1550VulcanoItaly3
1550Wells Gray-ClearwaterCanada–
1550WitoriPapua New Guinea4
1550-11-20DukonoIndonesia3
1551FuegoGuatemala2
1551MasayaNicaragua0
1552-10-07Izu-OshimaJapan3
1553VillarricaChile2
1554KirishimayamaJapan2
1554MerapiIndonesia3
1554-05HakusanJapan3
1554-05HeklaIceland2
1555Huila, Nevado delColombia–
1557TungurahuaEcuador2
1558AsosanJapan2
1558StromboliItaly3
1558VillarricaChile2

← 1540s1560s →

Older decades are less completely recorded; counts also reflect better observation. Eruption records from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; older eruptions may be missing. VEI = Volcanic Explosivity Index (0–8). For current alerts, check the official agency.