SITUATION OVERVIEW

The following was reported in the NEMO, St Vincent and the Grenadines, La Soufriere Bulletin #66, April 17, 2021 at 11:00am:

• The swarm of long-period and hybrid earthquakes continued at La Soufrière Volcano.
• The rate of occurrence of these earthquakes dropped significantly at about 8 pm on 16 April and has remained near-constant since.

18 April 2021

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Situation Overview

The 6:00am Scientific Advisory from the UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) issued on 16th April, 2021, reported the following:

• Seismic activity at La Soufrière, St Vincent continued as before with a near-constant swarm of long-period and hybrid earthquakes. There was one band of low-level tremor at 9pm on 15 April which lasted about 40 minutes and may have been associated with a small increase in venting.

• The first successful measurements of sulphur dioxide flux at La Soufriere volcano was undertaken along the west coast yesterday. With the assistance of the coast guard several traverses were done by boat and yielded an average SO2 flux of 809 tons per day. 

17 April 2021

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SITUATION OVERVIEW

The latest Scientific Advisory from the UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) issued at 6:00 AM on 15th April, 2021, reported
the following:

• Seismic activity at La Soufrière, St Vincent continued to follow the established pattern with bands of tremor about between 13 and 15 hours apart, separated by swarms of small long-period earthquakes. The latest band of tremor started at about 2:30 am and was associated with increased venting.

16 April 2021

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