How many active volcanoes are on Earth? How many in the U.S.?
"There are about 1,500 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, aside from the continuous belts of volcanoes on the ocean floor ... There are 169 potentially active volcanoes in the United States.' -- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-active-volcanoes-are-there-earth?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products
Featured Links
- Alphabetical list of all [many?] active volcanoes in the worldAn alphabetical list of volcanoes from Volcano Discovery that purports to include all known active volcanoes in the world.
- Interactive Map of Active Volcanoes and Recent Earthquakes WorldwideVolcano Discovery
- What's erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoesVolcano Discovery
- Deadliest EruptionsOregon State
In the News!
- Super-eruptions may give only a year’s warning before they blowResearch News @ Vanderbilt, by David Salisbury, Jul. 20, 2016
- Tongan Volcano Creates New IslandPhys.org, JANUARY 16, 2015
- Under Active Volcanoes, Magma Sits in Cold StorageLiveScience, Becky Oskin, February 16, 2014
- Volcanoes ARE cooling EarthBy Richard Gray for MailOnline Published: 11:32 EST, 12 January 2015 | Updated: 13:11 EST, 12 January 2015
- Volcano Forecast? New Technique Could Better Predict EruptionsScientific American, By Annie Sneed on June 29, 2017
Current Alerts for U.S. Volcanoes
- Current Alerts for U.S. Volcanoes
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
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Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
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