Montserrat Volcano Observatory


Daily Report
Report for the period 5 p.m. 14 September
to 5 p.m. 15 September 1998


Activity on the volcano remains very low. Over the past 24 hours 4 rockfall signals and 2 volcano-tectonic earthquakes were recorded by the seismic network.

Residents should continue checking Radio Montserrat in case there are sudden developments in the state of the volcano.

Revised information is now available from the Seismic Research Unit, UWI, for the regional earthquake reported by MVO on Sunday afternoon. This earthquake was located about 70 km south-east of Barbuda at a depth of approximately 10 km. Its magnitude was estimated at 4.3.


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