How many volcanoes erupt a year?
Donna Lord
Dear Donna,
The Smithsonian Institution Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN)
reported 376 eruptions from 1975-1985. So, on average, about 35-40
volcanoes erupt per year. Some of these, like Kilauea, Erta Ale, and
Sakurajima, are continuously erupting. Other are new eruptions of active
volcanoes. And some are eruptions at new volcanoes.
Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota
Source of Information:
McClelland, L., Simkin, T., Summers, M., Nielson, E., Stein, T.C., 1989,
Global volcanism 1975-1985: Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,
and American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 655 p.
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