STATUS OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE LESSER ANTILLES
Island |
Potentially active volcano |
Last Holocene Eruption |
Historic Volcanic Earthquakes |
Geothermal Activity |
Saba |
Saba |
280 yrs BP |
X |
X |
St. Eustatius |
The Quill |
~1700 yrs BP |
X |
|
St. Kitts |
Mt. Liamugia |
1843? 1620 yrs BP |
X |
X |
Nevis |
Nevis Peak |
X |
X |
|
Montserrat |
Soufriere Hills |
1995- present |
X |
X |
Guadeloupe |
La Soufriere |
1976-77 |
X |
X |
Dominica |
MAD MD MTP GSH WM MA WW VD MPP |
10, 320 yrs BP 10, 290 yrs BP 1020 yrs BP 1997 450 yrs BP |
X X X X X X |
X X X X X |
Martinique |
Mt. Pelée |
1929-32 |
X |
X |
St. Lucia |
Soufriere |
1766 |
X |
X |
St. Vincent |
Soufriere |
1979 |
X |
X |
Grenadines |
Kick’em Jenny |
2001* |
X |
? |
Grenada |
Mt. St. Catherine |
? |
X |
280 yrs BP – 14C age of activity; 1976-77 – Historical date of activity; 1843? – uncertainty as to whether or not event occurred
* – Submarine eruption; 280 – magmatic eruption; 1976-77 – phreatic eruption
MAD – Morne aux Diables; MD – Morne Diablotins; MTO – Morne Trois Pitons; GSH – Grand Soufriere Hills; WM – Watt Mountain; MA – Morne Anglais; WW – Wotten Waven caldera; VD – Valley of Desolation; MPP Morne Plat Pays. Data sources Lindsay et al., 2005a; Roobol and Smith, 1989, 2004; Smith and Roobol, 1990; Smith et al., 2015.