St. George’s Grenada, Monday 1st May, 2017: The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) continues to collaborate with the Seismic Research Centre (SRC), University of the West Indies to monitor activities at the Kick em’ Jenny (KeJ) under water Volcano.

NaDMA was advised of continuous activities today. According to Advisory #4 from UWI/SRC, during the period 5:45 p.m. on 30th April to10:41 a.m. on 1st May, the
activity rate has remained virtually the same with 43 mostly low magnitudes 
(in the range 1.5-2.3) volcanic earthquakes associated with this unrest
episode at the Kick-'em-Jenny volcano. There were a few larger events with
the largest at magnitude 3.0. UWI/SRC will continue to monitor and update NaDMA as the activity warrants.

The alert level remains YELLOW. The YELLOW alert level means that vessels should observe a 1.5 km/0.93 mile exclusion zone. However, as a precautionary measure, the marine community is advised to continue observing the secondary exclusion zone of 5 km/3.1 miles. The SRC has advised that heightened alert is necessary for the exclusion zone.

The general population is reminded that the official advisories on this matter, and all other disaster related matters will come directly from the National Disaster Management Agency.

NaDMA wishes to remind the general public about the responsible use of social media.

The population can rest assured that SRC continues to monitor the system and NaDMA will continue to liaise with SRC and provide updates.