Located northeast of Grenada, it continues to grow towards the surface of the ocean. UVI scientists James Battey, director of the marine science center and Roy Watlington, extramural associate director of the Eastern Caribbean Center participated in a recent scientific survey to measure water depths around the active submarine volcano. Not only will the communities of the Grenadines and nearby islands have to guard against the debris ejected during a volcanic explosion, but the entire Caribbean will be jeopardized by the threat of seismic sea waves known as tsunamis.
Tsunamis can destroy whole coastal communities.
The last tsunami to wreak destruction in the Virgin Islands was in 1867 following an earthquake in the Virgin Islands Basin.