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Activity at the Piparo Mud Volcano appears to have simmered down since last week's event, but a small number of residents have chosen to leave the area after a geological assessment determined the feature was "very active" and posed a high risk to the surrounding community.

Living alone in a wooden structure along Panchoo Trace, Kim Seebaran, 65, said she has barely slept or eaten since last week's event, as she recalled the terror of hearing her roof buckle and the nearby utility pole leaning with the accompanying earth movement. Having read a University of the West Indies (UWI) geological report, which stated that the data shows the mud and pressure moving in a northwesterly direction toward her home, she said she is now ready to give up 32 years of history on the land to rent in Chaguanas.

"It coming this way...maybe, we don't know next time what would happen."