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##### New Activity / Highlights

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        - Whakaari/White Island   |  New Zealand
        - Bagana   |  Papua New Guinea
        - Kanlaon   |  Philippines
        - Nyamulagira   |  DR Congo
        - Full Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
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        - Current Eruptions (16 Aug 2024):    45
        - Eruptions in 2024 (New/Total):    19  /  61
        - Eruptions in 2023 (New/Total):    27  /  75
        - Eruptions Avg 2010-2023 (N/T):    35 / 80

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              -    Tongariro 
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##### Recent Bulletin Reports

        - Nyiragongo   |   Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through September 2023
        - Dempo   |   Weak explosions, some with ash, from the crater lake during July and August 2023
        - Masaya   |   Thermal anomalies in the summit crater during February-July 2023
        - Manam   |   Low thermal activity during January-June 2023
        - Popocatepetl   |   Daily gas-and-ash emissions, ashfall, and explosions during April-July 2023
        - Fagradalsfjall   |   New eruption consisted of lava flows and fountains during July-August 2023
        - Santa Maria   |   Frequent explosions, lava flows, ash plumes, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
        - Fuego   |   Daily explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
        - Reventador   |   Daily explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, and block avalanches persisted during April-July 2023
        - Ol Doinyo Lengai   |   Continued thermal activity at the summit crater during February-July 2023
        - Cotopaxi   |   Ash emissions, ashfall, and occasional lahars during February-July 2023
        - Nevado del Ruiz   |   Intermittent gas-and-ash plumes, ashfall events, and seismicity during February-July 2023
        - Tofua   |   Thermal anomalies persisted in the Lofia crater during February-July 2023

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The Volcanoes of the World database is a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 12,000 years.

##### Frequently Asked Questions (more questions are available)

        - Which countries have the most volcanoes?   |  					 United States, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Chile.
        - How many volcanoes are erupting?   |  					 40-50 continuing eruptions at any given time.
        - How many Holocene volcanoes are there?   |  					 About 1,300 active in the past 12,000 years.
        - Has volcanic activity been increasing?   |  					 No.
        - What was erupting in the year...?   |  					 Range of 56-88 total eruptions per year since 1991.
        - What volcanoes have had the longest eruptions?   |  					 101 eruptions 5 years or longer.
        - What volcanoes have the most people living nearby?   |  					 10 have >1 million people within 5 km.
        - What volcanoes are the most noteworthy?   |  					 187 volcanoes with significant activity or impacts.

### Site & Database News

20 September 2024	Database updated (5.2.3). General updates to volcano data.    

22 August 2024	Database updated (5.2.2). Current eruptions updated through 16 August 2024. General updates to volcano data.    

3 July 2024	Database updated (5.2.1). General updates to volcano data and minor database structure changes.    

6 June 2024	Database updated (5.2.0). Completed review of 2023 eruptions. Current eruptions updated through 6 June 2024. General updates to volcano data.    

### Who We Are

The mission of GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity.

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