An Update And A Little Bit Of Background On The Most Active Volcanoes Today

How Many Active Volcanoes Are There On Earth?

The link I'm adding is an article with some information/Data of an estimate of how many active volcanoes there are today...

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How many active volcanoes are there on Earth?

There are about 1,500 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, aside from the continuous belts of volcanoes on the ocean floor at spreading centers like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (link) [link to pubs.usgs.gov (secure)] About 500 of those 1,500 volcanoes have erupted in historical time...

Many of those are located along the Pacific Rim in what is known as the "Ring of Fire." (Link) [link to pubs.usgs.gov (secure)] In the United States, volcanoes in the Cascade Range and Alaska (Aleutian volcanic chain) are part of the Ring, while Hawaiian volcanoes form over a 'hot spot' near the center of the Ring...

There are 169 potentially active volcanoes in the United States...

Good sources for information about volcanoes outside the United States include Oregon State University's Volcano World and the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program...

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More information on this in the link provided including pics and sources/links of volcano data...

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