Montserrat Update 014

Subject:      MONTSERRAT - VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
Date:         Sat, 26 Aug 1995 21:34:37 MST

FROM: 	The Government of Montserrat and scientific team 
	at Montserrat Volcano Observatory

MONTSERRAT - VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

CORRECTION TO DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 11

On 24 August, the Volcano Listserv released DHA-Geneva Information Report No.
11, dated 23 August 1995.  The report incorrectly stated that "scientists
(from University of West Indies, Guadeloupe, UK, and US Geological Survey) now
estimate an eighty per cent possibility of a major eruption."  Scientists
working at Montserrat have never made such a statement and do not feel that it
accurately reflects the situation in Montserrat, now or at any time since the
current episode of volcanic unrest began.  The scientific team working at
Montserrat belives that ongoing unrest could result in a magmatic eruption in
the near future, but the probability of a major eruption is considered not to
be high.