La Palma, complete name would be “La Isla de San Miguel de La Palma”. is one of the youngest islands of the Canary Islands along with El Hierro. The most recent volcanic eruption on land happened there when Teneguia erupted in 1971. Schteve had a brilliant post on VC Edge driven convection – Bobs back story…
As Christmas moves towards Boxing Day it looks more and more as the volcano of Tanganasoga on the island of El Hierro in the Spanish Canary Islands is closing in on a new eruption. Since the last eruption the seismic activity has continued in a subdued fashion, but not in a way that really was…
http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_15D.jpg El Hierro and BoB are a theme that runs right through Volcanocafe and there is still unrest there more than 2 years after the onset of the seismic crisis. It’s been a bit busy this week and the comments from the crowd (thanks loyal commentators) provide a useful lesson in reading/ navigating the seismometers……
Some parts (?) of El Hierro experienced a short power outage last night, This was also viewable on the solitary working webcam at the moment which was noticed by some regulars. Quite some earthquakes Mag. 3+ and even some Mag 4+ have been recorded. chryphia created a new plot which shows the action going on:…
Pevolca reacted on the earthquake series that happened yesterday and set the western part of the island to a “yellow alert zone”. All this happened in agreement with the government of El Hierro. Full report (in spanish) and a short excerpt for your information: Closing the lane of the tunnel closest to the exit in…
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