Karymsky – stratovolcano, Russia

Eruption history

VEI – Volcanic Explosivity Index: 0 = lava outpouring, 4 = like Eyjafjallajökull 2010, 6 = like Pinatubo 1991, 7 = like Tambora 1815. The scale is logarithmic – each step is about 10 times more material.

Start	End	VEI	Vent and dating
29 April 2025	27 August 2025	2	Observations: Reported
20 June 2024	12 November 2024	3	Observations: Reported
1 April 2020	7 August 2022	3	Observations: Reported
4 June 2017	24 September 2019	3	Summit crater · Observations: Reported
5 October 2016	8 October 2016	2	Summit crater · Observations: Reported
15 November 2001	1 April 2016	3	Summit and upper south flank · Observations: Reported
2 January 1996	20 December 2000	3	New summit crater SW of 1970-82 crater · Observations: Reported
11 May 1970	11 October 1982	3	Observations: Reported
16 November 1967	16 November 1967	1	Observations: Reported
15 May 1965	16 February 1967	3	Observations: Reported
16 April 1960	16 December 1964	3	Observations: Reported
16 March 1956	16 February 1957	1	Observations: Reported
2 July 1955	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1953	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 November 1952	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 April 1947	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 September 1946	16 October 1946	2	Observations: Reported
16 April 1946	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 September 1945	—	2	Observations: Reported
1 February 1943	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1940	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 October 1938	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 November 1934	16 February 1935	2	Observations: Reported
16 September 1933	16 October 1933	2	Observations: Reported
16 June 1932	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1929	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 July 1925	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 February 1923	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 September 1921	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1915	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 January 1912	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1911	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1908	—	2	Observations: Reported
16 September 1854	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1852	—	2	Observations: Reported
2 July 1830	—	2	Observations: Reported
1771	—	2	Observations: Reported
1730 ± 25 years	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1550	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1450	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1150	—	2	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1050	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 950	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 850 BCE	—	3	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1,100 BCE	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 1,400 BCE	—	2	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 2,050 BCE	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 2,250 BCE	—	4	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 2,350 BCE	—	3	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 3,200 BCE	—	4	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 3,450 BCE	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 4,150 BCE	—	?	Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
c. 6,600 BCE	—	6	Karymsky caldera · Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)

Data: Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (#300130)