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The Significant Volcanic Eruption Database is a global list of over 800 significant eruptions. It includes information about the latitude, longitude, elevation, and type of volcano for each eruption.
The Volcano Locations Database is a global list of over 1600 volcanoes. It includes information about the latitude, longitude, elevation, type of volcano, and last known eruption. See the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) site for a complete list of current and past activity for all volcanoes on the planet active during the last 10,000 years.
Please cite this data/database as doi:10.7289/V5JW8BSH.
Use the Natural Hazards Image Database to browse volcano images.
Significant volcanic event and location data from the are available through the NCEI Hazardous Event Lookup (HazEL) search tool.
Use the Natural Hazards Interactive Map to browse data from significant tsunami, earthquake, and volcano events around the world.