This week, Japan's Kirishima volcano produced a large eruption, sending a plume of ash more than 5,000 meters into the sky. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the Lewotolok volcano threw lava bombs more than 1,500 meters (nearly a mile) in a series of eruptions. And, also in Japan, the alert level of Mount Aso was increased due to increasing volcanic tremor. This video will discuss these stories and list the 46 volcanoes which are actively erupting around the planet through the perspective of a geologist. Note: This video's thumbnail image displays a 3 year old photo of Mount Etna erupting in Italy. Mount Etna is not currently erupting like shown in tis photo. A special thanks to the Extreme Pursuit YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage! Video Sources from the Extreme Pursuit YouTube channel: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Pdih0GS78 Subscribe to Extreme Pursuit at: https://www.youtube.com/@ExtremePursuit 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 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] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office [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 Kilauea Erupts 0:39 This Week's Top News 1:09 Kirishima Eruption 2:20 Lewotolok Eruption 3:12 Aso Unrest 4:22 List of Erupting Volcanoes