Volcano in Russia

Tolbachik volcano: eruption status today

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Tolbachik is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report May 16, 2026) 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.

Live status of Tolbachik: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.

Status now
Active (NASA EONET) latest report May 16, 2026
Last eruption
1964 or later last significant: 2012
Elevation
3,611 m 11,848 ft
Type
Shield volcano
Earthquakes within 50 km
0 past 30 days (USGS)
Hot spots within 10 km
0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
Nearest city
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 327 km SSW

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Is Tolbachik erupting right now?

NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Tolbachik, last updated May 16, 2026 (163 days ago). EONET opens an event when agencies such as the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program report eruptive activity or unrest, and closes it when activity ends.

No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).

Earthquakes near Tolbachik

USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Tolbachik in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.

About Tolbachik

Tolbachik is a shield volcano in Kamchatka, Russia, rising to 3,611 m (11,848 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".

Shield volcanoes have broad, gentle slopes built by fluid lava flows; eruptions are usually effusive (lava fountains and flows) rather than explosive.

The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 327 km away.

Flights and volcanic ash

No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Narita, 2692 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.

Other volcanoes in Russia

Russia has 45 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 3 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Bezymianny, 23 km away.

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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.