Volcano Activity Status

North coast of Saba from cockpit of commercial airliner approaching landing strip.

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.

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