This week, Japan's Kirishima volcano erupted, causing ash to fall on nearby communities. There is now a chance that this eruption could progress into a more explosive one with a lava flow. Meanwhile, in Costa Rica, the Rincon de la Vieja volcano erupted anew, but its eruption was absurdly small. And, in Indonesia, a swarm of low frequency earthquakes continued at the Tangkuban Parahu volcano. This video will discuss these stories and list the 47 volcanoes which are actively erupting around the planet through the perspective of a geologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Keaton Terry, Used with Permission This video's thumbnail image displays an eruption of Italy's Mount Stromboli volcano NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2025 United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All Rights Reserved. Associated license for NASA EOSDIS Worldview: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview/blob/main/LICENSE.md We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). We acknowledge the use of imagery from the NASA Worldview application (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/), part of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode CC BY 3.0 NZ: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/legalcode CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Aqua / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ [3] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger, https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/controller.cfc?method=lameve, Used with Permission [4] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. [5] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [6] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department [7] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office [8] Alaska Volcano Observatory [9] INGV / INGVvulcani (Italy) [10] Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) [11] Japanese Meteorological Agency [12] Sernageomin [13] Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department [14] Instituto Geofisica Escuela Politecnica Nacional [15] Geonet (New Zealand) [16] University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute [17] CIVISA (Azores) [18] Rabaul Volcano Observatory [19] Servicio Geológico Colombiano [20] Tonga Geological Services [21] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia) [22] Phivolcs 0:00 Stromboli Erupts 0:32 This Week's Top Stories 0:57 Kirishima Eruption 3:08 Parahu Earthquakes 4:12 Costa Rica Eruption 4:58 List of Erupting Volcanoes