The National Emergency Management Organisation has confirmed that there have been reports of increased seismic activity at La Soufriere.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre posted on Facebook that "The UWI-SRC has received reports of activity in St Vincent that may be related to La Soufriere volcano. We are currently monitoring the situation in collaboration with local authorities and an update will be provided shortly. The public is advised to not visit the volcano until a further update is provided. The UWI-SRC and the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) are the official sources of information on earthquake and volcanic activity in St Vincent & the Grenadines."
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves will hold an emergency media briefing today (Tuesday, December 29, 2020) at 3:30 p.m. at the Cabinet Room in relation to the increased activity at the volcano.
La Soufrière (Vincentian Creole: Soufray) or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Many volcanoes in the Caribbean are named Soufrière (French: "sulfur outlet"). These include Soufrière Hills on Montserrat and La Grande Soufrière on Guadeloupe, the subject of Werner Herzog's 1977 film La Soufrière.
La Soufrière violently erupted in 1718, 1812, 1902, 1971, and 1979. The Saint Vincent eruption of 6 May 1902, just hours before the eruption of Mount Pelée on Martinique, killed 1,680 people. The death zone, where almost all persons were killed, was close to entirely Carib. This last large remnant of Carib culture was destroyed, the island of Dominica's Carib Territory being much smaller in comparison at that time. The last recorded eruption was in April 1979; thanks to advance warning there were no casualties.[citation needed] A famous painting by J. M. W. Turner of the eruption on 30 April 1812 belongs to the Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool.
NEMO - National Emergency Management Organisation was established on 20th May, 2002.
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