"Roughly 1,500 volcanoes are potentially active right now, meaning that they’ve erupted at some point in the last 10,000 years." "Right now, roughly a dozen volcanoes are erupting. In all likelihood, they're nothing to worry about — it's doubtful you’ve even heard of them. But every once in a while, there's bound to be a really big eruption. How its effects ripple around the world awaits to be seen." Source