Soufrière St. Vincent volcano
Updated: Mar 20, 2023 13:42 GMT -
Stratovolcano 1220 m / 4,003 ft
West Indies, St. Vincent, 13.33°N / -61.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
West Indies, St. Vincent, 13.33°N / -61.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 23 Mar 2022 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Soufrière St. Vincent volcano eruptions: 2020-21, 1979, 1902-03, 1880?, 1814, 1812, 1784, 1718 (historical eruptions observed)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Mar 18, 2023 1:05 am (GMT -4) (Mar 18, 2023 05:05 GMT) | 3.1 166 km | 16 km (9.9 mi) Isla de San Vicente, Charlotte, 7.9 km northeast of Kingstown, St. Vincent & Grenadines | ||
Background
Soufrière St. Vincent is the northernmost and youngest volcano on St. Vincent Island. The 1.6-km wide summit crater, whose NE rim is cut by a crater formed in 1812, lies on the SW margin of the 2.2-km-wide Somma crater, which is breached widely to the SW as a result of slope failure. Frequent explosive eruptions since about 4300 years ago produced pyroclastic deposits of the Yellow Tephra Formation, which blanket much of the island. The first historical eruption of the volcano took place during 1718; it and the 1812 eruption produced major explosions. Much of the northern end of the island was devastated by a major eruption in 1902 that coincided with the catastrophic Mont Pelée eruption on Martinique. A lava dome was emplaced in the summit crater in 1971 during a strictly effusive eruption, forming an island in a lake that filled the crater prior to an eruption in 1979. The lake was then largely ejected during a series of explosive eruptions, and the dome was replaced with another.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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