Global Volcanism Program

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) is housed in the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, in Washington D.C.

The mission of GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity. We do this through four core functions: reporting, archiving, research, and outreach. The data systems that lie at our core have been in development since 1968 when GVP began documenting the eruptive histories of volcanoes.

GVP is unique in its documentation of current and past activity for all volcanoes on the planet active during the last 10,000 years. Reports are released in two formats. The Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides timely information about current eruptions. The Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network provides comprehensive reporting on recent eruptions on a longer time horizon.

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