Volcano Monitoring in the Eastern Caribbean

A simple animation that explains the various techniques used by The UWI Seismic Research Centre to monitor volcanoes in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean

One of a four part series, this video identifies the signs of volcanic unrest, volcanoes being monitored, as well as the monitoring equipment’s purpose and their importance.

This series came at a critical period, during production in late 2020 the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines erupted. This prompted North Eleven to speed animation development, delivering the series in a priority order during the time of emergency.

Effusive eruptions began on 27 December 2020, and on 9 April 2021, there was an explosive eruption. Explosive eruptions continued over the following days with pyroclastic flows. The island is still on alert at the time of this upload in September 2021.