Chances Peak, Soufriere Hills

Chance Hill, Souffle Hills

Chance Hills, Solo Mountains

High Peak, Flaming Mountains

June 1991

January 1999

July 1995

June 2004

Earthquakes, small eruptions and formation of a lava dome

Massive explosion, lots of basic lava

Earthquakes and ash clouds that covered the north side of the island

Lots of little earthquakes and gas

Small explosion with lava bombs

Eruption of basic lava which flowed at around 50km an hour

Lots of gas and small ash cloud

Lava dome collapse and devastating Pyroclastic Flow

Slow moving lava destroyed some houses

The capital of the island, Plymouth, was buried in ash

Some villages near the mountain were effected by toxic gas

The capital, Plymouth, was destroyed by a large earthquake

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Some houses close to the volcano had to be rebuilt

Collapse in tourism, spread of diseases like Cholera, people in the south of the island had to be moved to safer areas in the north

Refugees had to move to the UK

Everyone had to move to the coast, all roads had to be rebuilt there was no electricity for a year.

An exclusion zone in the south was enforced, a new airport built in the north, an observatory built to monitor the volcano

Everyone left the island to begin new lives elsewhere, the island is completely uninhabitable

Roads were rebuilt and the ash was cleared away at great expense to the British Government

After a period of time, people moved back to the island which is now safe. They rebuilt Plymouth which the islanders paid for.

The South American Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean Plate

The Eurasian Plate is be obducted over the Caribbean Plate

Montserrat is located on the Mid Atlantic Ridge and, as a result, has lots of volcanoes.

The North American Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean plate