Eruption on 23rd February, 1997 ; The Piparo mud volcano erupted in 1997, a large part of the town was declared a disaster area after the mud volcano erupted. The Volcano caused widespread damage that left 108 people homeless. Three houses, more than a dozen vehicles and scores of farm animals, poultry and houses pets were buried under tons of gaseous grey mud which spewed some 200 feet into the air when the volcano blew. Eleven other houses were partially submerged under the mud. And several others badly damaged by the tremors which accompanied the eruption.

On the 22nd of April 1997, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred 10 km of the south west coast of Tobago (Latchman, 2011). Contradictory to the determination of the magnitude established, some U.S and French Observations measured the magnitude at 6.5, while The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Unit in Trinidad reported a magnitude of 5.9 (Caribbean Coastal Studies). According to the United States Geological Survey (1997) the earthquake the earthquake occurred at 09: 31: 23 UTC (05: 31 local standard time) with a depth of 5 kilometers.