Active volcanoes in the Philippines
PHIVOLCS lists 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines, from Iraya in Batanes in the north to Bud Dajo in Sulu in the south. Active, in PHIVOLCS's terms, means a volcano erupted within the last 600 years by written account, or within the last 10,000 years going by its young deposits.
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Why there are so many
PHIVOLCS puts it down to the country's tectonic setting. The Philippines sits on the boundary of two plates, the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate, and both dive beneath the archipelago along deep trenches off its east and west coasts. That setting makes the country prone to both volcanoes and earthquakes.
Source: PHIVOLCS, Introduction to Volcanoes. Read 23 October 2026.
The 24, as PHIVOLCS lists them
In PHIVOLCS's order, which is alphabetical. By island group that is 13 in Luzon, 3 in the Visayas and 8 in Mindanao. PHIVOLCS gives the island group for 22 of them; for Leonard Kniaseff and Makaturing it gives only the province, and this site places both in Mindanao.
| Volcano | Province | Island group |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Babuyan Claro | Babuyan Island Group, Cagayan | Luzon |
| 2. Banahaw | Boundaries of Laguna and Quezon | Luzon |
| 3. Biliran (Anas) | Leyte | Visayas |
| 4. Bud Dajo | Sulu | Mindanao |
| 5. Bulusan | Sorsogon, Bicol Region | Luzon |
| 6. Cabalian | Southern Leyte | Visayas |
| 7. Cagua | Cagayan | Luzon |
| 8. Camiguin de Babuyanes | Babuyan Island Group, Cagayan | Luzon |
| 9. Didicas | Babuyan Island Group, Cagayan | Luzon |
| 10. Hibok-hibok | Camiguin | Mindanao |
| 11. Iraya | Batan Island, Batanes | Luzon |
| 12. Iriga | Camarines Sur | Luzon |
| 13. Isarog | Camarines Sur | Luzon |
| 14. Kanlaon | Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental | Visayas |
| 15. Leonard Kniaseff | Davao del Norte | Mindanao |
| 16. Makaturing | Lanao del Sur | Mindanao |
| 17. Matutum | Cotabato | Mindanao |
| 18. Mayon | Albay, Bicol Region | Luzon |
| 19. Musuan (Calayo) | Bukidnon | Mindanao |
| 20. Parker | South Cotabato, General Santos, North Cotabato and Sarangani | Mindanao |
| 21. Pinatubo | Boundaries of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales | Luzon |
| 22. Ragang | Lanao del Sur and Cotabato | Mindanao |
| 23. Smith | Babuyan Island Group, Cagayan | Luzon |
| 24. Taal | Batangas | Luzon |
Source: PHIVOLCS, Volcanoes of the Philippines. Read 23 October 2026.
Active, potentially active, inactive
PHIVOLCS classes volcanoes by their eruptive history. These are its three classes.
| Class | PHIVOLCS definition |
|---|---|
| Active | Erupted within historical times, meaning the last 600 years, with eruptions documented by people; or erupted within the last 10,000 years, going by analyses of young volcanic deposits. |
| Potentially active | Young-looking in shape, with no historical or analytical record of an eruption. |
| Inactive | No recorded eruption, and a shape heavily weathered and eroded, with deep and long gullies. |
The PHIVOLCS page lists only the active volcanoes by name, so this page does too.
Source: PHIVOLCS, Volcanoes of the Philippines. Read 23 October 2026.
The six with an observatory
PHIVOLCS's Volcano Observatories page has entries for six volcanoes: Bulusan, Hibok-hibok, Kanlaon, Mayon, Pinatubo and Taal. Each entry describes an observatory that receives monitoring data from stations installed around the volcano.
Source: PHIVOLCS, Volcano Observatories. Read 23 October 2026.
Five of the six, Bulusan, Kanlaon, Mayon, Pinatubo and Taal, have maps on PHIVOLCS's Volcano Hazard Maps page. The maps, and what each hazard does, are on the volcanic hazards page.
Source: PHIVOLCS, Volcano Hazard Maps. Read 23 October 2026.
If you live near one
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