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Eruptions starting in the 1950s

Eruptions357

Volcanoes148

Largest VEI5

By country

Indonesia68

Japan61

Russia35

United States31

Papua New Guinea24

New Zealand19

Vanuatu14

France11

Chile10

Ecuador9

Nicaragua8

DR Congo7

Nearby decades

1900s269

1910s239

1920s280

1930s283

1940s241

1950s ◀357

1960s341

1970s311

1980s318

1990s318

2000s392

Start	Volcano	Country	VEI
1950-01-10	Santorini	Greece	2
1950-01-12	Galeras	Colombia	2
1950-01-15	Kurikomayama	Japan	2
1950-01-24	Heard	Australia	2
1950-02-10	Azumayama	Japan	1
1950-02-25	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1950-03-16	Iliboleng	Indonesia	2
1950-03-16	Kaba	Indonesia	1
1950-03-27	Bristol Island	United Kingdom	2
1950-05-27	Tengger Caldera	Indonesia	2
1950-06-01	Mauna Loa	United States	0
1950-06-16	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1950-06-26	Ruapehu	New Zealand	1
1950-06-29	Aira	Japan	1
1950-07-02	Akita-Yakeyama	Japan	1
1950-07-02	Gareloi	United States	1
1950-07-02	Northern EPR at 9.8°N	Undersea Features	0
1950-07-02	Trident	United States	2
1950-07-03	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1950-07-16	Izu-Oshima	Japan	2
1950-07-23	Semeru	Indonesia	2
1950-07-31	Pavlof	United States	2
1950-08-30	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1950-09-10	Iliwerung	Indonesia	2
1950-09-23	Asamayama	Japan	1
1950-09-27	Marapi	Indonesia	2
1950-10-16	Gamkonora	Indonesia	2
1950-10-30	Arjuno-Welirang	Indonesia	2
1950-11-05	Great Sitkin	United States	–
1950-11-16	Asosan	Japan	2
1950-11-21	Negro, Cerro	Nicaragua	3
1950-12-01	Kavachi	Solomon Islands	2
1950-12-06	Ambrym	Vanuatu	4
1951-01-17	Lamington	Papua New Guinea	4
1951-01-29	Shikotsu	Japan	2
1951-02-11	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1951-02-16	Akita-Yakeyama	Japan	1
1951-03-01	Ciremai	Indonesia	2
1951-03-19	Ruapehu	New Zealand	1
1951-04-16	Shishaldin	United States	2
1951-05-04	Asosan	Japan	2
1951-05-16	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1951-05-22	Socorro	Mexico	2
1951-05-27	Ashikule Volcanic Field	China	2
1951-06-12	Fogo	Cabo Verde	2
1951-06-16	Okataina	New Zealand	1
1951-06-26	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1951-07-02	Azul, Cerro	Ecuador	–
1951-07-02	Gamkonora	Indonesia	2
1951-07-02	Iliboleng	Indonesia	2
1951-07-02	Lokon-Empung	Indonesia	3
1951-07-15	Fukujin	United States	0
1951-07-15	Sashiusudake [Baransky]	Japan - administered by Russia	1
1951-07-15	Telica	Nicaragua	2
1951-07-16	Concepcion	Nicaragua	2
1951-07-22	Martin	United States	–
1951-07-23	Ubinas	Peru	2
1951-07-25	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	1
1951-07-28	Shikotsu	Japan	2
1951-08-16	Farallon de Pajaros	United States	2
1951-08-21	Fonualei	Tonga	2
1951-08-31	Kelud	Indonesia	4
1951-09-10	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	1
1951-10-16	Akutan	United States	2
1951-10-16	Pavlof	United States	2
1951-10-23	Tinakula	Solomon Islands	3
1951-11-12	Iliwerung	Indonesia	2
1951-11-16	Lascar	Chile	2
1951-11-16	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	2
1951-11-19	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	2
1951-12-01	Kavachi	Solomon Islands	2
1951-12-15	Lewotolok	Indonesia	2
1951-12-20	Makushin	United States	1
1952-01-15	Kolokol Group	Russia	2
1952-01-16	Kerinci	Indonesia	2
1952-01-17	Gareloi	United States	2
1952-02-10	Karthala	Union of the Comoros	2
1952-02-16	Karangetang	Indonesia	2
1952-02-29	Bagana	Papua New Guinea	4
1952-03-16	Didicas	Philippines	2
1952-03-23	Poas	Costa Rica	2
1952-03-24	Iliwerung	Indonesia	1
1952-04-01	Kaba	Indonesia	2
1952-04-16	Kavachi	Solomon Islands	2
1952-04-22	Ijen	Indonesia	1
1952-05-19	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1952-06-07	Asamayama	Japan	2
1952-06-27	Kilauea	United States	0
1952-07-02	Mahawu	Indonesia	2
1952-07-04	Tangkuban Parahu	Indonesia	1
1952-07-16	Gamkonora	Indonesia	2
1952-07-16	Nikko-Shiranesan	Japan	2
1952-07-16	Ruapehu	New Zealand	1
1952-08-01	Barcena	Mexico	3
1952-08-10	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1952-08-15	Arjuno-Welirang	Indonesia	0
1952-08-17	Tokachidake	Japan	–
1952-09-16	Myojinsho	Japan	2
1952-10-03	Kuwae	Vanuatu	1
1952-10-10	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1952-10-23	Las Pilas-El Hoyo Complex	Nicaragua	1
1952-10-26	Farallon de Pajaros	United States	2
1952-11-12	Tao-Rusyr Caldera	Russia	3
1952-11-16	Karymsky	Russia	2
1952-11-29	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1952-12-05	Maly Semyachik	Russia	2
1953-01-31	Raung	Indonesia	3
1953-02-12	East Epi	Vanuatu	3
1953-02-12	Kuwae	Vanuatu	1
1953-02-15	Trident	United States	3
1953-02-17	Martin	United States	–
1953-03-02	Merapi	Indonesia	2
1953-03-13	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1953-03-17	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1953-03-19	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	3
1953-03-24	Dieng Volcanic Complex	Indonesia	2
1953-04-09	Fuego	Guatemala	3
1953-04-16	Manam	Papua New Guinea	2
1953-04-27	Asosan	Japan	2
1953-05-08	Long Island	Papua New Guinea	3
1953-05-16	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1953-06-07	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	2
1953-06-16	Bagana	Papua New Guinea	3
1953-06-16	Sirung	Indonesia	–
1953-06-27	St. Andrew Strait	Papua New Guinea	2
1953-07-02	Akutan	United States	2
1953-07-02	Alcedo	Ecuador	0
1953-07-02	Karangetang	Indonesia	2
1953-07-02	Karymsky	Russia	2
1953-07-02	Kita-Fukutokutai	Japan	0
1953-07-09	Spurr	United States	4
1953-08-16	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1953-08-20	Heard	Australia	2
1953-08-27	Negra, Sierra	Ecuador	3
1953-09-04	Iya	Indonesia	2
1953-09-14	Shikotsu	Japan	1
1953-09-21	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1953-10-04	Shishaldin	United States	2
1953-10-05	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1953-10-15	Rinjani	Indonesia	0
1953-10-24	Nasudake	Japan	1
1953-10-30	Kick 'em Jenny	Grenada	0
1953-11-16	Soputan	Indonesia	2
1953-11-25	Pavlof	United States	1
1953-12-16	Asosan	Japan	1
1953-12-27	Asamayama	Japan	3
1953-12-28	Tongariro	New Zealand	0
1954-01-07	Akan	Japan	1
1954-01-15	Grimsvotn	Iceland	1
1954-01-16	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	–
1954-02-16	Negro, Cerro	Nicaragua	2
1954-02-21	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	1
1954-02-21	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1954-04	Santa Ana	El Salvador	2
1954-04-13	Heard	Australia	2
1954-04-26	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	2
1954-05-02	Shikotsu	Japan	1
1954-05-13	Tongariro	New Zealand	3
1954-05-16	Manam	Papua New Guinea	2
1954-05-18	Langila	Papua New Guinea	3
1954-05-26	Asosan	Japan	1
1954-05-28	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	2
1954-05-31	Kilauea	United States	0
1954-06-16	Lascar	Chile	2
1954-06-28	Cameroon	Cameroon	2
1954-07-02	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1954-07-02	Suwanosejima	Japan	0
1954-07-26	Lengai, Ol Doinyo	Tanzania	2
1954-08-03	Bam	Papua New Guinea	2
1954-08-16	Marapi	Indonesia	2
1954-08-16	Sarychev Peak	Russia	2
1954-09-16	Tokachidake	Japan	1
1954-10-16	Matthew Island	France - claimed by Vanuatu	2
1954-10-21	San Miguel	El Salvador	2
1954-10-29	Las Pilas-El Hoyo Complex	Nicaragua	2
1954-11-04	Myojinsho	Japan	0
1954-11-04	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	2
1954-11-09	Negra, Sierra	Ecuador	2
1954-11-19	Shikotsu	Japan	1
1954-12-06	Dieng Volcanic Complex	Indonesia	0
1955-01-07	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1955-01-16	Whakaari/White Island	New Zealand	2
1955-01-18	Raung	Indonesia	2
1955-01-19	Lengai, Ol Doinyo	Tanzania	2
1955-02-11	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1955-02-15	Langila	Papua New Guinea	2
1955-02-28	Kilauea	United States	0
1955-04-05	Etna	Italy	2
1955-06-01	Langila	Papua New Guinea	2
1955-06-05	Long Island	Papua New Guinea	3
1955-06-25	Myojinsho	Japan	0
1955-07-02	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1955-07-02	Chirinkotan	Russia	2
1955-07-02	Erebus	Antarctica	2
1955-07-02	Karymsky	Russia	2
1955-07-02	Reventador	Ecuador	2
1955-07-02	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	1
1955-07-06	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1955-07-16	Shishaldin	United States	2
1955-07-25	Asosan	Japan	1
1955-07-26	Fuego	Guatemala	1
1955-07-27	Carran-Los Venados	Chile	4
1955-10-06	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1955-10-13	Aira	Japan	3
1955-10-22	Bezymianny	Russia	5
1955-10-22	Llaima	Chile	3
1955-11-12	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1955-11-19	Akan	Japan	1
1955-12-29	Tengger Caldera	Indonesia	2
1956-01-03	Asosan	Japan	2
1956-01-03	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1956-01-11	Bristol Island	United Kingdom	3
1956-01-11	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1956-01-16	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	2
1956-02-13	Raung	Indonesia	3
1956-03-16	Karymsky	Russia	1
1956-03-16	Veniaminof	United States	3
1956-03-18	Akan	Japan	1
1956-03-22	Kaba	Indonesia	2
1956-03-25	Langila	Papua New Guinea	2
1956-04-28	Gede-Pangrango	Indonesia	2
1956-05-16	Ubinas	Peru	2
1956-06-01	Karthala	Union of the Comoros	2
1956-06-02	Dieng Volcanic Complex	Indonesia	1
1956-06-16	Tengger Caldera	Indonesia	2
1956-06-16	Tokachidake	Japan	1
1956-07-02	Bagana	Papua New Guinea	2
1956-07-02	Matthew Island	France - claimed by Vanuatu	0
1956-07-02	Purace	Colombia	2
1956-08-16	Asosan	Japan	2
1956-09-08	Trident	United States	2
1956-09-28	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1956-10-03	Villarrica	Chile	1
1956-10-19	Soufriere Guadeloupe	France	1
1956-11-16	Suwanosejima	Japan	2
1956-11-17	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	1
1956-11-18	Ruapehu	New Zealand	1
1956-12-08	Manam	Papua New Guinea	3
1956-12-16	Koryaksky	Russia	3
1956-12-16	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	1
1956-12-21	Asosan	Japan	1
1956-12-27	Zhupanovsky	Russia	2
1957-01-16	Tangkuban Parahu	Indonesia	1
1957-02-05	Etna	Italy	2
1957-02-08	Kavachi	Solomon Islands	0
1957-02-08	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1957-02-19	Fuego	Guatemala	3
1957-02-26	Akan	Japan	1
1957-03-13	Gede-Pangrango	Indonesia	2
1957-03-27	Concepcion	Nicaragua	2
1957-03-28	Ioto	Japan	1
1957-04-12	Asosan	Japan	1
1957-05-02	Myojinsho	Japan	0
1957-05-14	Colima	Mexico	1
1957-05-16	Chikurachki	Russia	2
1957-06-16	Fonualei	Tonga	–
1957-07-02	Akita-Yakeyama	Japan	1
1957-07-02	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	1
1957-07-02	Negra, Sierra	Ecuador	–
1957-07-02	Purace	Colombia	2
1957-07-02	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	1
1957-07-02	Trident	United States	2
1957-07-31	Bezymianny	Russia	2
1957-08-01	Mugogo	DR Congo	1
1957-08-16	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1957-08-25	Etna	Italy	2
1957-08-26	Ambrym	Vanuatu	1
1957-09-02	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1957-09-04	Negro, Cerro	Nicaragua	2
1957-09-27	Fayal	Portugal	2
1957-10-16	Asosan	Japan	2
1957-10-16	Rasshua	Russia	1
1957-10-26	Bam	Papua New Guinea	1
1957-11-12	Zavaritzki Caldera	Russia	3
1957-12-11	Whakaari/White Island	New Zealand	2
1957-12-28	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	0
1958-01-16	Bezymianny	Russia	1
1958-01-16	Tupungatito	Chile-Argentina	2
1958-02-01	Ulawun	Papua New Guinea	2
1958-02-06	Lengai, Ol Doinyo	Tanzania	1
1958-02-19	Lokon-Empung	Indonesia	2
1958-02-23	Akan	Japan	1
1958-03-11	Bam	Papua New Guinea	2
1958-04-17	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1958-04-17	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1958-04-21	Langila	Papua New Guinea	2
1958-05-17	Pavlof	United States	2
1958-05-18	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	1
1958-05-21	Bezymianny	Russia	1
1958-05-26	Chikurachki	Russia	2
1958-05-30	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1958-06-23	Marapi	Indonesia	1
1958-07-02	Moyorodake [Medvezhia]	Japan - administered by Russia	1
1958-07-02	Myojinsho	Japan	0
1958-07-02	Poas	Costa Rica	2
1958-07-02	Sangeang Api	Indonesia	1
1958-07-09	Rumble III	New Zealand	0
1958-07-12	Mahawu	Indonesia	2
1958-07-13	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1958-08-07	Nyamulagira	DR Congo	2
1958-08-14	Okmok	United States	3
1958-09-05	Bam	Papua New Guinea	2
1958-09-13	Slamet	Indonesia	2
1958-09-16	East Epi	Vanuatu	2
1958-09-16	Fernandina	Ecuador	2
1958-10-02	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1958-10-03	Asamayama	Japan	2
1958-10-04	Tokachidake	Japan	1
1958-10-07	Kuwae	Vanuatu	2
1958-10-17	Marapi	Indonesia	1
1958-11-05	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1958-11-06	Villarrica	Chile	1
1958-11-16	Etna	Italy	1
1958-11-16	Reventador	Ecuador	3
1958-11-18	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1958-11-21	Kavachi	Solomon Islands	0
1958-12-16	Whakaari/White Island	New Zealand	1
1958-12-28	Bezymianny	Russia	2
1958-12-31	Kusatsu-Shiranesan	Japan	1
1958-12-31	Tofua	Tonga	2
1959-01-03	Klyuchevskoy	Russia	1
1959-01-16	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1959-01-23	Cameroon	Cameroon	2
1959-02-13	Kirishimayama	Japan	2
1959-03-11	Fournaise, Piton de la	France	2
1959-03-23	Etna	Italy	1
1959-03-26	Tupungatito	Chile-Argentina	2
1959-04-02	Bam	Papua New Guinea	2
1959-04-16	Ambrym	Vanuatu	2
1959-05-15	Akan	Japan	1
1959-05-21	Ruapehu	New Zealand	1
1959-06-01	Tongariro	New Zealand	2
1959-06-08	Io-Torishima	Japan	2
1959-06-16	Manam	Papua New Guinea	2
1959-06-29	Azul, Cerro	Ecuador	2
1959-07-02	Bagana	Papua New Guinea	2
1959-07-02	Kverkfjoll	Iceland	1
1959-07-02	Myojinsho	Japan	0
1959-07-02	San Jose	Chile-Argentina	2
1959-07-02	Tolbachik	Russia	2
1959-07-02	Zhupanovsky	Russia	2
1959-07-15	Guallatiri	Chile	2
1959-07-15	Kasuga 1	United States	0
1959-07-16	Asosan	Japan	1
1959-08-15	Tokachidake	Japan	1
1959-09-18	Kuwae	Vanuatu	2
1959-10-15	Bezymianny	Russia	1
1959-10-16	Izu-Oshima	Japan	1
1959-10-16	Tupungatito	Chile-Argentina	2
1959-10-17	Etna	Italy	3
1959-11-06	Planchon-Peteroa	Chile	1
1959-11-14	Kilauea	United States	2
1959-11-16	Lascar	Chile	2
1959-12-14	Whakaari/White Island	New Zealand	2
1959-12-16	Krakatau	Indonesia	2
1959-12-16	Manam	Papua New Guinea	2
1959-12-28	Lautaro	Chile	2

← 1940s 1960s →

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.