Volcanic Eruptions of the 2000s

• Miyakejima, June 27, 2000VEI 3 · 1 death · tsunami
• Semeru, July 27, 2000VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Arenal, August 23, 2000VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Altar, October 13, 200013 deaths · 10 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Merapi, November 2000VEI 2 · 1 death
• Kilauea, November 3, 2000VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Etna, May 14, 2001VEI 3 · 1 death
• Etna, July 26, 2001VEI 2
• Merapi, August 5, 2001VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Stromboli, October 20, 2001VEI 2 · 1 death
• Semeru, 2002VEI 3 · 3 deaths
• Karangetang, January 3, 2002VEI 3
• Nyiragongo, January 17, 2002VEI 1 · 100 deaths
• Etna, October 28, 2002VEI 3
• Reventador, November 3, 2002VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• Stromboli, December 30, 2002VEI 2 · tsunami
• Soufriere Hills, July 12, 2003VEI 3 · tsunami
• Egon, January 29, 2004VEI 1 · 1 death
• Tengger Caldera, June 8, 2004VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Manam, October 24, 2004VEI 4 · 5 deaths
• Manam, January 27, 2005VEI 4 · 1 death
• Santa Ana, October 1, 2005VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Karthala, November 25, 2005VEI 3 · 1 death
• Sumisujima, January 1, 2006tsunami
• Raoul Island, March 17, 2006VEI 1 · 1 death
• Soufriere Hills, May 20, 2006VEI 3 · tsunami
• Bulusan, June 7, 2006VEI 2 · 1 death
• Merapi, June 14, 2006VEI 1 · 2 deaths
• Tungurahua, July 18, 2006VEI 3 · 1 death
• Tungurahua, August 17, 2006VEI 3 · 6 deaths
• Mayon, November 30, 2006VEI 1 · 1,266 deaths
• Manam, March 2007VEI 4 · 4 deaths
• Nevado del Huila, April 18, 2007VEI 3
• Ritter Island, May 19, 2007VEI 1 · tsunami
• Salak, July 7, 20076 deaths
• Jebel at Tair, September 30, 2007VEI 3 · 7 deaths
• Chaiten, May 2, 2008VEI 4 · 1 death
• Kasatochi, August 8, 2008VEI 4 · tsunami
• Tungurahua, August 22, 2008VEI 3 · 2 deaths · 2 houses destroyed
• Nevado del Huila, November 20, 2008VEI 3 · 10 deaths
• Redoubt, March 23, 2009VEI 3
• Kilauea, November 30, 2009United States
• Tungurahua, January 2010VEI 3
• Eyjafjallajokull, March 31, 2010VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Pacaya, May 27, 2010VEI 3 · 1 death · 3 houses destroyed
• Zealandia Bank, May 29, 2010tsunami
• Karangetang, August 6, 2010VEI 3 · 4 deaths
• Sinabung, August 30, 2010VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Merapi, October 26, 2010VEI 4 · 367 deaths · $600 million
• Tungurahua, November 2010VEI 3
• Tengger Caldera, December 28, 2010VEI 3
• Merapi, January 3, 20111 death
• Kirishimayama, January 28, 2011VEI 3
• Bulusan, February 23, 2011VEI 2 · 1 death
• Karangetang, March 18, 2011VEI 2
• Tungurahua, April 2011VEI 3
• Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, June 4, 2011VEI 4
• Nabro, June 22, 2011VEI 4 · 31 deaths
• Katla, July 9, 2011Iceland
• Lokon-Empung, July 17, 2011VEI 2 · 1 death
• Gamalama, December 27, 2011VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Kilauea, February 10, 2012United States
• Kilauea, March 2, 20121 house destroyed
• Tolbachik, December 12, 2012VEI 3
• Paluweh, February 2013VEI 3
• Merapi, February 12, 20131 death
• Mayon, May 7, 2013VEI 1 · 5 deaths
• Paluweh, August 10, 2013VEI 3 · 5 deaths
• Ubinas, September 1, 2013VEI 2
• Aira, September 4, 2013Japan
• Sinabung, September 15, 2013VEI 2
• Okataina, December 13, 20131 death
• Sinabung, February 1, 201417 deaths
• Kelud, February 13, 2014VEI 4 · 7 deaths · 4,098 houses destroyed
• Ontakesan, September 27, 2014VEI 3 · 55 deaths
• Kilauea, November 10, 2014$14.5 million · 1 house destroyed
• Fogo, November 23, 2014VEI 2 · 230 houses destroyed
• Gamalama, December 18, 2014VEI 2 · 1 death
• Sinabung, February 20, 2015VEI 3
• Calbuco, April 22, 2015VEI 4
• Sumisujima, May 2, 2015tsunami
• Karangetang, May 7, 2015VEI 2
• Manam, July 31, 2015VEI 4
• Okataina, October 20151 death
• Sinabung, October 16, 20151 death
• Sinabung, May 9, 20161 death
• Sinabung, May 21, 20167 deaths · $100 million
• Yellowstone, June 9, 20161 death
• Rinjani, September 27, 2016VEI 2
• Asosan, October 8, 2016VEI 3
• Etna, March 15, 2017Italy
• Sinabung, April 13, 2017VEI 3
• Fuego, June 6, 2017VEI 2
• Dieng Volcanic Complex, July 1, 2017VEI 1 · 8 deaths
• Campi Flegrei, September 12, 20173 deaths
• Ambae, September 23, 2017VEI 3
• Merapi, December 18, 20178 deaths
• Sinabung, December 27, 2017Indonesia
• Kadovar, January 5, 2018VEI 2
• Mayon, January 13, 2018VEI 3 · $3.6 million
• Kusatsu-Shiranesan, January 23, 2018VEI 1 · 1 death
• Kilauea, February 1, 2018VEI 1 · 1 death
• Kadovar, February 9, 2018VEI 2 · tsunami
• Ijen, March 21, 2018Indonesia
• Ambae, March 30, 2018VEI 3 · 4 deaths
• Kilauea, April 28, 2018VEI 1 · $370 million · 716 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Sumisujima, May 6, 2018tsunami
• Fuego, June 3, 2018VEI 2 · 201 deaths · $120 million · 186 houses destroyed
• Kilauea, July 16, 2018$1 million
• Manam, August 25, 2018VEI 4 · 164 houses destroyed
• Ambrym, December 15, 2018VEI 2
• Krakatau, December 22, 2018VEI 4 · 437 deaths · $250 million · 2,844 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Etna, December 26, 2018VEI 2 · $115 million · 15 houses destroyed
• Manam, January 7, 2019VEI 4
• Irazu, May 2, 2019tsunami
• Sinabung, May 7, 2019VEI 4
• Ulawun, June 26, 2019VEI 4 · $14 million
• Manam, June 28, 2019VEI 4
• Stromboli, July 3, 2019VEI 2 · 1 death · tsunami
• Stromboli, August 28, 2019VEI 2 · tsunami
• Whakaari/White Island, December 9, 2019VEI 2 · 22 deaths
• Taal, January 12, 2020VEI 4 · 39 deaths · $67 million · 4,573 houses destroyed
• Ijen, May 29, 20201 death · tsunami
• Pacaya, March 2021VEI 1
• Sangay, March 5, 2021VEI 2
• Soufriere St. Vincent, April 9, 2021VEI 4 · $325 million · tsunami
• Stromboli, May 19, 2021VEI 2 · tsunami
• Nyiragongo, May 22, 2021VEI 2 · 32 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed
• La Palma, September 19, 2021VEI 3 · 1 death · $924 million · 1,345 houses destroyed
• Semeru, December 4, 2021VEI 4 · 45 deaths · $20 million · 2,970 houses destroyed
• Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, January 15, 2022VEI 6 · 6 deaths · $135.4 million · 284 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Popocatepetl, June 22, 2022VEI 2 · 1 death
• Stromboli, October 9, 2022VEI 2 · tsunami
• Stromboli, December 4, 2022VEI 2 · tsunami
• Semeru, December 4, 2022VEI 4
• East Epi, January 31, 2023VEI 1 · tsunami
• Bagana, July 7, 2023VEI 2
• Sofugan, October 8, 2023tsunami
• Marapi, December 3, 202323 deaths
• Reykjanes, December 18, 20231 death · 3 houses destroyed
• Ruang, April 16, 2024$15.5 million · 3,200 houses destroyed
• Ijen, April 20, 20241 death
• Marapi, May 11, 2024VEI 2 · 67 deaths · 521 houses destroyed
• Kanlaon, June 3, 2024VEI 3 · $2.5 million · 2,680 houses destroyed
• Stromboli, July 4, 2024VEI 2 · tsunami
• Sheveluch, August 17, 2024VEI 4 · tsunami
• Lewotobi, November 3, 2024VEI 2 · 9 deaths · 23 houses destroyed
• Kanlaon, December 9, 2024VEI 2 · $2.2 million · 1 house destroyed
• Lewotobi, March 20, 2025VEI 2 · 1 death
• Klyuchevskoy, July 29, 2025tsunami
• Hayli Gubbi, November 23, 2025Ethiopia
• Dukono, May 7, 20263 deaths

• 4300s BC 2
• 4000s BC 2
• 3500s BC 2
• 2400s BC 1
• 2000s BC 1
• 1900s BC 1
• 1800s BC 2
• 1700s BC 1
• 1600s BC 2
• 1500s BC 1
• 1400s BC 1
• 1300s BC 1
• 1000s BC 2
• 400s BC 1
• 200s BC 1
• 100s BC 3
• 99 to 1 BC 1
• Years 1 to 99 4
• 200s 3
• 300s 2
• 400s 2
• 500s 2
• 600s 3
• 700s 4
• 800s 1
• 900s 5
• 1000s 1
• 1100s 6
• 1200s 4
• 1300s 15
• 1400s 5
• 1500s 30
• 1600s 45
• 1700s 63
• 1800s 150
• 1900s 378
• 2000s 152

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.