List of large volcanic eruptions in the 21st century

This list does not yet include the recent Bali eruption of Agung or the ongoing eruptions in Hawaii. it might not include others I'm not presently aware of too.

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List of large volcanic eruptions in the 21st century

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This is a list of volcanic eruptions of the 21st century measuring a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of at least 4, as well as notable smaller eruptions. Note that the size of eruptions can be subject to considerable uncertainty.

VEI	Volcano (eruption)	Country	Year	Casualties	Notes
4	Ulawun[1]	Papua New Guinea	2000
4	Shiveluch[2]	Russia	2001
1	Nyiragongo[3]	DR Congo	2002	147	At least 15% of Goma comprising 4,500 buildings was destroyed, leaving about 120,000 people homeless.
4	Ruang[4]	Indonesia	2002
4	Reventador[5]	Ecuador	2002
4	Manam[6]	Papua New Guinea	2004
4	Rabaul[7]	Papua New Guinea	2006
4	Mount Okmok[8]	United States	2008
4	Chaiten[9]	Chile	2008	1[10]
4	Kasatochi[11]	United States	2008
4	Sarychev Peak[12]	Russia	2009
4	Eyjafjallajökull[13]	Iceland	2010		Caused the worst flight disruption over Europe since the Second World War.
4	Mount Merapi[14]	Indonesia	2010	353[15]	Over 350,000 people were evacuated from the affected area. Ash plumes caused major disruption to aviation across Java.
4	Grímsvötn	Iceland	2011
5	Puyehue-Cordón Caulle[16]	Chile	2011		Major flight disruptions across the southern hemisphere, including South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Ejecting 0.7 cu km, this event was the biggest volcanic eruption of the 21st century to date.
4	Nabro	Eritrea	2011	31
3	Etna[17]	Italy	2013-		An eruption on 16 March 2017 injured 10 people, including a BBC News television crew, after magma exploded upon contact with snow.[18][19]
2	Mount Sinabung	Indonesia	2014	15	Mount Sinabung's eruptions caused many pyroclastic flows, one resulting in the loss of 15 lives.
4	Kelud	Indonesia	2014	2[20]
3	Mount Ontake	Japan	2014	63	A phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow occurred without warning, killing 63 people. Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991.
4	Calbuco	Chile	2015	0	First eruption at Calbuco since 1972. At least 4,000 people evacuated. No casualties reported.[21]
2	Mount Sinabung	Indonesia	2016	7	Mount Sinabung continued to erupt, with 7 fatalities over two different occasions [22]
?	Volcán de Fuego	Guatemala	2018-	114[23]	At least 114 were killed and more than 300 injured after the volcano's most powerful eruption since 1974. Ash forced the closure of La Aurora International Airport in the capital Guatemala City.[24][25]