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.

Montserrat is one of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, 40 km southwest of Antigua. Sixteen km long, with an area of 102 square km, the island compromises three mountain ranges. Soufrière rises to 901 m

1896 to 1902 is a period of frequent earthquakes and Soufriere activity. In 1896 there was a cloudburst-caused flood that destroyed bridges and roads all over the island. The sole exception was the sturdy Belham River Bridge which was left standing. Earthquakes followed this flooding and Gage's Lower Soufriere appeared. It was active during this period and also during the earthquakes of 1933-6. Sometime between 1896 and 1899 Mulcaire's Soufriere appeared on the east coast just south of Hell Hole Bay. It’s only accessible by boat on a calm day. In 1902, after the eruption of Mt.