November 3, 1911 Eruption of Piparo

Name: November 3, 1911 Eruption of Piparo
Start: 1911-11-03
Location: Piparo, Trinidad and Tobago

November 3, 1911

Piparo in Trinidad and Tobago erupted on November 3, 1911. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Piparo, Trinidad and Tobago, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: November 3, 1911
Volcano: Piparo, mud volcano
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Location: 10.000° N, 61.000° W

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

A volcano-related tsunami produced extraordinary waves at Trinidad, following an explosion of a mud volcano island. (reference #537 and #1917)

Some extraordinary sea waves were noticed on the adjacent coast following an explosion which accompanied the formation of a mud volcano (reference #43)

Following the volcanic explosion of a mud island volcano off Trinidad, "extraordinary waves" were observed. (reference #1492)

Note: the associated tsunami was triggered by a mud volcano

Every eruption in 1911 The 1900s Piparo Earthquakes near Piparo This day in weather history

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 4807.