The Seismic Analysis Centre of the St Augustine campus of the College of the West Indies (SRC-UWI) Tuesday stated that Dominica has been experiencing a “burst of volcanic earthquakes”.
In an announcement posted on its Fb web page, SRC-UWI stated that from 12:45 am (native time) on Tuesday “a burst of volcanic earthquakes was recorded beneath northern Dominica.
“A few of these occasions had been sufficiently giant to be felt however had been smaller than magnitude 3.5 which is under the edge for posting to the SRC’s social media platforms.”
It stated to date 345 earthquakes have been recorded within the sequence and that the speed of occasions has decreased.
“The Seismic Analysis Centre is constant to observe the exercise and supply ODM-Workplace of Catastrophe Administration, Dominica with common updates,” it added.
Final week, the SRC-UWI stated Dominica’s Boiling Lake is “slowly refilling and the water temperature have ranged between 70°and 80° Celsius”.
The Boiling Lake is a volcano-hydrothermal characteristic positioned in an space subsequent to the Valley of Desolation in southern Dominica.
It’s roughly 60 metres in diameter and roughly 15 metres deep.
The Boiling Lake is the second largest characteristic of its sort on this planet with the biggest being Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand.
In an announcement, the UWI-SRC stated that water ranges had modified considerably throughout the previous few days, noting “this can be a phenomenon that has occurred a number of occasions previously however was first recorded in 1876.”
It stated modifications in water ranges on the lake had been final noticed in March 2024 and that the present state of the lake reveals a big drop in water ranges with steam emission from the primary vent space now extra clearly seen.
