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Latest quakes near Soufriere Hills volcano since 1970 - list, stats and map

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Updated: Apr 25, 2024 00:55 GMT -
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There was one earthquake of magnitude 2.5 near Soufriere Hills volcano in the past 7 days.
Since 1970, Soufriere Hills volcano has had 98 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.8:
  • 2 quakes above magnitude 5
  • 8 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
  • 44 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
  • 42 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 2 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
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Latest quakes near Soufriere Hills volcano since 1970 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth		DistanceLocationDetailsMap
Apr 22, 05:18 pm (GMT -4)
2.5

17 km		29 km (18 mi) to the E Caribbean Sea, 30 km east of Montserrat Island, Montserrat
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 12, 08:06 pm (Montserrat)
2.7

130 km		4.9 km (3 mi) to the SW near Baie-Mahault
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Monday, January 29, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 29, 02:58 pm (Montserrat)
1.3

0 km		4.1 km (2.5 mi) to the N Near Baie-Mahault
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Friday, October 20, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 20, 2023 01:23 am (Antigua)
2.4

2 km		27 km (17 mi) to the N Montserrat: Near Baie-Mahault
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Friday, September 29, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 29, 2023 09:05 am (Montserrat)
2.2

6.8 km		12 km (7.5 mi) to the SE Montserrat: Near Baie-Mahault
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Monday, September 4, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 4, 2023 05:25 am (Montserrat)
1.8

10.6 km		25 km (15 mi) to the E Montserrat: Near Baie-Mahault
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Friday, August 25, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 25, 2023 07:10 am (Montserrat)
2.2

98 km		15 km (9.4 mi) to the NE Montserrat: Near Baie-Mahault
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Friday, August 11, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 10, 2023 11:08 pm (Montserrat)
3.1

94 km		22 km (14 mi) to the NE Montserrat: Leeward Islands
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Monday, June 26, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 26, 2023 02:58 pm (GMT -4)
2.6

89 km		29 km (18 mi) to the E Montserrat: Near Les Abymes
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 13, 2023 11:15 am (Antigua)
2.0

9.7 km		27 km (17 mi) to the NE Antigua & Barbuda: Near Baie-Mahault
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Monday, April 17, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 16, 2023 11:56 pm (Montserrat)
3.1

8 km		24 km (15 mi) to the SE Montserrat: Leeward Islands
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.6 x 1013 joules (9.99 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8595 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 2.1 quakes on average per year near Soufriere Hills volcano:
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 27 years)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 0.19 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.3 years)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 1 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1 years)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 2.4 quakes per year

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Wed, 13 Sep 2023, 14:00

Soufriere Hills volcano (Montserrat) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 6 September-12 September 2023 (Continuing Activity)

MVO reported that a very small increase in activity at Soufrière Hills during 1-8 September was characterized by small rockfalls coincident with volcano-tectonic earthquake activity and occasional small, low-frequency, volcanic earthquakes. The seismic network recorded 27 volcano-tectonic earthquakes spilt between two swarms recorded on 6 and 8 September. Minor rockfall activity and volcano-tectonic seismicity began at about 2100 on 7 September and was ongoing. ... Read all
Fri, 6 May 2022, 03:00

Soufriere Hills volcano (Montserrat, West Indies): small rockfall followed heavy rainfalls

The location of the rain gauge in relation to the lava dome (image: Montserrat Volcano Observatory)
A smaller rockfall activity occurred at the volcano starting on 28 April at 22:50 local time until 1 May. ... Read all


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