This eruption is somehow less known than the tragic events of 1902. There were no casualties and the damages were limited to the destruction of a road between St. Pierre and Prêcheur, and the loss of a few livestock.

pyroclastic flow moving down the Blanche river valley :
February 8th 1930
(ph. Perret / Carnegie Institution of Washington)

This eruption has been studied by F. A. Perret, an American volcanologist who came to Martinique at the beginning of 1930. He settled in St. Pierre. The reviving village was then evacuated, and Perret contributed to reassure the population. From March 1930, inhabitants started to go back into the Northern region.