Description
Activation time (UTC): 2021-04-09 16:04:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-04-09 13:00:00
Event type: Volcanic activity (Ash fall)
Activation reason:
La Soufriere volcano, situated on the main island of St. Vincent and the Grenandines, began erupting effusively at the end of December 2020. On 9 April 2021 an explosive eruption occurred, forming a plum of volcanic ash, which reached 8 km height. Ash fall has been recorded at the Argyle International Airport. An evacuation order has been issued to all residents (16,000) living in the red zones (NE and NW of the island).
Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 5
Grading products: 1
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): La Soufriere Volcano eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2021-04-09). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/155841e4-af22-4cd7-995f-2321e473ad9d
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR509 Mapping Rapid Mapping Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT Volcanic activity
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
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Lineage information
No additional information
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-05-13
- Modified date
- 2021-05-13
- Issued date
- 2021-04-09
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR509
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/155841e4-af22-4cd7-995f-2321e473ad9d
- Popularity
- 05 Mar 2024: 1 visits