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Persons in south of St Vincent are safe and likely only to experience ash falls
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Residents of the southern half of St Vincent and those who have evacuated out of the danger zones are safe and expected to mainly be affected by ash falls from the erupting La Soufriere. However, those who remain close to the volcano are endangering their lives.
Lead scientist monitoring the volcano, Professor Richard Robertson of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) gave this assurance today, while addressing a press conference, shortly after explosive eruptions began at La Soufriere.
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Home / Local News / The UWI Seismic Research Centre provides ongoing support to St Vincent as La Soufriere volcano moves to explosive phase The UWI Seismic Research Centre provides ongoing support to St Vincent as La Soufriere volcano moves to explosive phase
Article by April 9, 2021
On April 9, at 8:41 am, an eruption column (cloud of ash) began rising above the La Soufrière volcano located in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This signalled that the volcano moved to an explosive phase following three months
of effusive eruption, magma extrusion and more recently, tremor and volcano-tectonic (VT) seismic activity.
Leading up to this morning’s eruption, a scientific team at The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) has been stationed on the island since December 2020 when activity was first detected. On April 8, the team recorded seven bands of tremor at two and a half hour intervals. A small volcano-tectonic swar
Ash fall from La Soufrière impeding evacuation jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.