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Kingstown – The La Soufriere volcano could erupt “anytime from now”, lead scientist Professor Richard Robertson said Thursday, following a significant increase in activity.
He made the disclosure at a press conference this afternoon, as he reported that since 3 a.m., there had been separate periods of tremors and long-period earthquakes, which are both associated with the movement of magma rising to the surface.
“The interpretation is that the volcano has entered a period of heightened activity and it is suggesting that fresh magma is either near the surface or approaching the surface and therefore the possibility for activity to move to an explosive phase has increased significantly,” he said. “Given the current state of activity, given the data that we have, we still can’t say exactly when that would happen.”
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Professor Richard Robertson of the UWI Seismic Research Centre has explained the implications of the most recent increase in seismic activity at La Soufriere volcano
The Head of the Volcano Monitoring Team, Geologist, Professor Richard Robertson of the UWI Seismic Research Centre, explained the implications of the most recent increase in seismic activity at La Soufriere volcano.
Professor Robertson reiterated that persons living close to the volcano should continue to be in a heightened state of readiness, to move at short notice
NEMO director urges residents of volcano danger zones to get vaccinated
MICHELLE FORBES Social Share THE DIRECTOr of the National Emergency Management Organization- NEMO- Michelle Forbes is strongly recommending that persons who live in the red and orange volcano hazard zones get vaccinated.
“..If you are living in the red and orange zones now and you know that you have to be evacuated, I will strongly recommend that you take the vaccine,” Forbes said on the ‘Round Table Talk’ programme yesterday, March 31.
This caution comes in light of the fact that La Soufriere volcano has been erupting effusively since December, 2020, and the possibility exists that the eruption could move to an explosive stage. In such an event, evacuees will mix with others, in a communal setting, the Director commented, and “we don’t know where the virus is.”
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