This week, a strong eruption of the Kanlaon volcano deposited ash on large parts of the island of Negros in the Philippines. Meanwhile, in Vanuatu, a strong eruption of the Ambae shield volcano continued, creating up to 10,000 foot high ash plumes. And, in Japan, a magmatic intrusion may be potentially ongoing at a little known submarine volcano, although it could also be just a tectonic earthquake swarm. Today's video will discuss these stories through the opinion and analysis of a geologist and list the 43 world volcanoes that are actively erupting. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Sergei Kriukov / Unity Airlines, Used with Permission This video's thumbnail image displays the erupting Ambae volcano in Vanuatu. A special thanks to Sergei Kriukov / Unity Airlines for permission to use imagery and video of the erupting Ambae volcano! 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=ZV4kPj4DSrs Subscribe to Extreme Pursuit at: https://www.youtube.com/@ExtremePursuit NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2026 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 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Terra / MODIS), (Thermal signatures: Terra / MODIS, NOAA-20 / VIIRS, Aqua / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ [2] Servicio Geológico Colombiano [3] Observatoire Volcanologique de Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF) (Réunion Island) [4] U.S. Geological Survey [5] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [6] Phivolcs [7] Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department [8] IVAR (Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos) [9] Instituto Geofísico Escuela Politécnica Nacional [10] Alaska Volcano Observatory [11] University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute [12] Geonet (New Zealand) [13] CIVISA (Azores) [14] Rabaul Volcano Observatory [15] Japanese Meteorological Agency [16] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office [17] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia) [18] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department [19] Tonga Geological Services [20] Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) [21] Sernageomin [22] Involcan [23] Instiuto Geografico Nacional 0:00 This Week's Top Stories 0:40 Kanlaon Eruption 2:52 Ambae Eruption 3:50 Japan Earthquake Swarm 4:44 List of Erupting Volcanoes