April 13, 1979 Eruption of Soufriere St. Vincent

Name: April 13, 1979 Eruption of Soufriere St. Vincent
Start: 1979-04-13
Location: Soufriere St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

April 13, 1979 · VEI 3 · 2 deaths

Soufriere St. Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines erupted on April 13, 1979 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 2 people.

Where it erupted

Soufriere St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: April 13, 1979
Volcano: Soufriere St. Vincent, stratovolcano
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Killed by: Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts); Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts
Location: 13.330° N, 61.180° W

The toll

Deaths: 2

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Uncertain report of 2 fatalities. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Soufriere St. Vincent

Every eruption in 1979 The 1900s Soufriere St. Vincent Earthquakes near Soufriere St. Vincent 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 4202.