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Eruption Stories
A short film based on stories from the 2020/2021 La Soufriere eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Read more.
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Magma buoyancy drives rhyolitic eruptions
Magma buoyancy is a mechanism usually neglected with respect to magma overpressure in eruption models constrained with geophysical data. Read more.
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Re-imagining the Red Zone
A photography exhibition by residents of the north Windward communities of St. Vincent. Part of the Changing Landscapes citizen science project. (Photo by Danny Michael) Read more.
The UWI Seismic Research Centre is the official source of information on earthquakes and volcanoes in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean.
across the region
We are an internationally-recognised centre of excellence in the core areas of seismology, volcanology and outreach.

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Use our interactive map to view earthquake, volcano and tsunami activity in the Eastern Caribbean.

Earthquakes magnitude 3.8 and above are posted unless reported as felt.

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La Soufriere St. Vincent is at alert level Green.


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Island Profiles
The dramatic landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean have been shaped by powerful tectonic forces and other natural phenomena over millions of years.