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Alert: Volcano eruption in La Palma could result in mega-tsunami

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https://english.elpais.com/science-...ic-eruption-on-canary-island-of-la-palma.html

Authorities warn of possible volcanic eruption on Canary Island of La Palma
Since September 11, more than 4,200 tremors have been recorded in the area near Teneguía volcano, and they are reportedly growing in intensity

Teneguía volcano in the south of La Palma, where the seismic activity has been recorded.Europa Press
In October 2011, following weeks of intense seismic activity, an underwater volcano erupted off the coast of El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands. Ten years later, the nearby island of La Palma appears to be facing the same situation. In the past few days, more than 4,200 tremors have been recorded and a ground deformation indicates that magma is bubbling beneath the surface.

The team of experts monitoring the phenomenon, the Volcano Risk Prevention Plan (Pevolca), says it is possible that this magma could cause a volcanic eruption on the surface in the next few days or weeks. But while the process has intensified, there are no clear signs of an imminent eruption. For this reason, Pevolca decided on Tuesday to elevate the risk of a volcanic eruption to yellow – the second-highest in the three-tiered system.

“We cannot make a short-term forecast,” warned María José Blanco, the director of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canary Islands. “But everything indicates that it will evolve into earthquakes of larger magnitudes that will be more intense and felt by the population.”

The last eruption in La Palma took place in October 1971, when the Teneguía volcano spewed out lava for more than three weeks after a crack appeared in the south of the island. The situation remained calm until 2017, when seismic activity resumed. In the past few days, this activity has intensified with constant small tremors, known as an earthquake swarm, recorded a few kilometers from Teneguía in the Cumbre Vieja area, southeast of the island.

This earthquake swarm began on September 11, and since then, more than 4,200 tremors have been detected. Nearly all have been of small magnitude, but on Wednesday there were four that measured more than 3 on the Richter scale. What’s more, the tremors are also becoming closer to the surface, which indicates that magma is looking to escape. While the first earthquakes were recorded at more than 20 kilometers below the surface, on Wednesday, they hit at a depth of between six and eight kilometers. Indeed 20 tremors were recorded at just three kilometers below the surface. Another sign of the pressure is that, in the area of the earthquake swarm, the island has swelled six centimeters – 4.5 centimeters on Wednesday alone.

Blanco said that the phenomenon is “very powerful” compared with the situation in El Hierro 10 years ago: the tremors in La Palma have released as much energy in the space of three days as that released during the weeks of eruption in 2011. Nevertheless, Blanco said that an eruption was not “imminent” as the process is ongoing. “There still has not been a large earthquake that opens a path for the magma, which is at a depth of eight kilometers, which would cause tremors by breaking the Earth’s crust to reach the surface,” she explained.

Authorities have called for calm, but have also asked the population to remain alert. The municipalities affected by the yellow warning issued on Tuesday are Fuencaliente, Los Llanos de Aridane, El Paso and Mazo.

The Pevolca committee also warned that “earthquakes of larger intensity are to be expected.” The head of the government administration of La Palma, Mariano Hernández Zapata, said on Wednesday that he was not ruling out any fast changes in the situation that could lead to an eruption in the “short term.” “We are living on a volcanic island and [an eruption] is one of the options that could happen,” said Hernández, after speaking of the experience of Teneguía.

Luca D’Auria, the head of the Volcano Monitoring Department at the Canary Islands Volcano Institute (Involcan), said that, based on what is known about the geological history of La Palma, “magma builds up in an area that is five kilometers below the surface before entering into an eruption.” “What’s most likely is that the magma has found a way toward the surface and it is very likely that it will end up reaching it,” he explained. According to D’Auria, the situation is evolving “very quickly” – faster than what was recorded in El Hierro in 2011, when earthquake swarms took place for weeks before the eruption. Although the expert admitted it could “amount to nothing,” he argued that it was likely that an eruption will happen in the areas being hit by earthquakes, “but we don’t know yet.”

English version by Melissa Kitson.

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Good update!

Beth B, Sep 16, 2021

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padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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It's always good to know where the highest ground is near you and work out a good fast route to get there. It does not cost a cent and only takes a few minutes. It can't hurt.

One thing I have noticed in the past is how very,very slow people are to react to emergencies before clearing out. They want to pack their egg cups and Grandma's china cups and what not. But you have to get out ahead of the rush.

Say you do head for high ground and nothing happens, what harm can it do? It would be a nice day out in the hills.
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So true, people do love their 'stuff', and any delay could cost you your life. I do have our important papers in a grab and go file, but I really should get some sort of survival box together that we could throw in the car if we had to get out quickly. We do have hurricane evacuation plans in place here, whereby all traffic would be routed one way over our two aging bridges that cannot even handle summer traffic, let alone a mass evacuation. At least you have plenty of warning with hurricanes, I cannot even imagine the mayhem on the roads if everyone had to leave immediately.
I have no doubt that we are being warned. Our typical summer weather has dissapeared, replaced by increasingly severe storms that are most unusual in my corner of New England. We had yet another severe storm warning just this morning with intense lightning, and horrible monsoon rains. I think we are all on borrowed time.

Jo M, Sep 16, 2021

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Jo M Powers

BrianK said: ↑

https://english.elpais.com/science-...ic-eruption-on-canary-island-of-la-palma.html

Authorities warn of possible volcanic eruption on Canary Island of La Palma
Since September 11, more than 4,200 tremors have been recorded in the area near Teneguía volcano, and they are reportedly growing in intensity

Teneguía volcano in the south of La Palma, where the seismic activity has been recorded.Europa Press
In October 2011, following weeks of intense seismic activity, an underwater volcano erupted off the coast of El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands. Ten years later, the nearby island of La Palma appears to be facing the same situation. In the past few days, more than 4,200 tremors have been recorded and a ground deformation indicates that magma is bubbling beneath the surface.

The team of experts monitoring the phenomenon, the Volcano Risk Prevention Plan (Pevolca), says it is possible that this magma could cause a volcanic eruption on the surface in the next few days or weeks. But while the process has intensified, there are no clear signs of an imminent eruption. For this reason, Pevolca decided on Tuesday to elevate the risk of a volcanic eruption to yellow – the second-highest in the three-tiered system.

“We cannot make a short-term forecast,” warned María José Blanco, the director of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canary Islands. “But everything indicates that it will evolve into earthquakes of larger magnitudes that will be more intense and felt by the population.”

The last eruption in La Palma took place in October 1971, when the Teneguía volcano spewed out lava for more than three weeks after a crack appeared in the south of the island. The situation remained calm until 2017, when seismic activity resumed. In the past few days, this activity has intensified with constant small tremors, known as an earthquake swarm, recorded a few kilometers from Teneguía in the Cumbre Vieja area, southeast of the island.

This earthquake swarm began on September 11, and since then, more than 4,200 tremors have been detected. Nearly all have been of small magnitude, but on Wednesday there were four that measured more than 3 on the Richter scale. What’s more, the tremors are also becoming closer to the surface, which indicates that magma is looking to escape. While the first earthquakes were recorded at more than 20 kilometers below the surface, on Wednesday, they hit at a depth of between six and eight kilometers. Indeed 20 tremors were recorded at just three kilometers below the surface. Another sign of the pressure is that, in the area of the earthquake swarm, the island has swelled six centimeters – 4.5 centimeters on Wednesday alone.

Blanco said that the phenomenon is “very powerful” compared with the situation in El Hierro 10 years ago: the tremors in La Palma have released as much energy in the space of three days as that released during the weeks of eruption in 2011. Nevertheless, Blanco said that an eruption was not “imminent” as the process is ongoing. “There still has not been a large earthquake that opens a path for the magma, which is at a depth of eight kilometers, which would cause tremors by breaking the Earth’s crust to reach the surface,” she explained.

Authorities have called for calm, but have also asked the population to remain alert. The municipalities affected by the yellow warning issued on Tuesday are Fuencaliente, Los Llanos de Aridane, El Paso and Mazo.

The Pevolca committee also warned that “earthquakes of larger intensity are to be expected.” The head of the government administration of La Palma, Mariano Hernández Zapata, said on Wednesday that he was not ruling out any fast changes in the situation that could lead to an eruption in the “short term.” “We are living on a volcanic island and [an eruption] is one of the options that could happen,” said Hernández, after speaking of the experience of Teneguía.

Luca D’Auria, the head of the Volcano Monitoring Department at the Canary Islands Volcano Institute (Involcan), said that, based on what is known about the geological history of La Palma, “magma builds up in an area that is five kilometers below the surface before entering into an eruption.” “What’s most likely is that the magma has found a way toward the surface and it is very likely that it will end up reaching it,” he explained. According to D’Auria, the situation is evolving “very quickly” – faster than what was recorded in El Hierro in 2011, when earthquake swarms took place for weeks before the eruption. Although the expert admitted it could “amount to nothing,” he argued that it was likely that an eruption will happen in the areas being hit by earthquakes, “but we don’t know yet.”

English version by Melissa Kitson.

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Interesting that the earthquake swarm began on September 11.

Jo M, Sep 16, 2021

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So true, people do love their 'stuff', and any delay could cost you your life. I do have our important papers in a grab and go file, but I really should get some sort of survival box together that we could throw in the car if we had to get out quickly. We do have hurricane evacuation plans in place here, whereby all traffic would be routed one way over our two aging bridges that cannot even handle summer traffic, let alone a mass evacuation. At least you have plenty of warning with hurricanes, I cannot even imagine the mayhem on the roads if everyone had to leave immediately.
I have no doubt that we are being warned. Our typical summer weather has dissapeared, replaced by increasingly severe storms that are most unusual in my corner of New England. We had yet another severe storm warning just this morning with intense lightning, and horrible monsoon rains. I think we are all on borrowed time.
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Nothing is the same. You are right. We are all on borrowed time.

HeavenlyHosts, Sep 16, 2021

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Interesting that the earthquake swarm began on September 11.
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Yes.

AED, Sep 16, 2021

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So true, people do love their 'stuff', and any delay could cost you your life. I do have our important papers in a grab and go file, but I really should get some sort of survival box together that we could throw in the car if we had to get out quickly. We do have hurricane evacuation plans in place here, whereby all traffic would be routed one way over our two aging bridges that cannot even handle summer traffic, let alone a mass evacuation. At least you have plenty of warning with hurricanes, I cannot even imagine the mayhem on the roads if everyone had to leave immediately.
I have no doubt that we are being warned. Our typical summer weather has dissapeared, replaced by increasingly severe storms that are most unusual in my corner of New England. We had yet another severe storm warning just this morning with intense lightning, and horrible monsoon rains. I think we are all on borrowed time.
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It is thesame here. Fierce thunder storm yesterday. Lots of storms with wind and hail warnings since August. Very un-normal for us.

AED, Sep 16, 2021

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Jo M said: ↑

So true, people do love their 'stuff', and any delay could cost you your life. I do have our important papers in a grab and go file, but I really should get some sort of survival box together that we could throw in the car if we had to get out quickly. We do have hurricane evacuation plans in place here, whereby all traffic would be routed one way over our two aging bridges that cannot even handle summer traffic, let alone a mass evacuation. At least you have plenty of warning with hurricanes, I cannot even imagine the mayhem on the roads if everyone had to leave immediately.
I have no doubt that we are being warned. Our typical summer weather has dissapeared, replaced by increasingly severe storms that are most unusual in my corner of New England. We had yet another severe storm warning just this morning with intense lightning, and horrible monsoon rains. I think we are all on borrowed time.
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Heaven and Earth are holding their breath.

I must pray more to my Guardian Angel

padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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I found the weather stranger in the summertime in Boston. Huge wind storms it was strange. I've never encountered that and I grew up around here. Could it be from solar flares?

Claves.Sancti.Petri, Sep 16, 2021

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Please pray, pray, pray. Miracles happen. May God have mercy.

Byron, Sep 16, 2021

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We must resign ourselves as always to the Will of the Good God. Whatever it may be.

Our sufferings will lead to the Salvation of many wandering sheep. The time of waiting fast draws to a close.

padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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How very very strange that the USGS earthquake web site has not mentioned one earthquake on the canarys.. usually that site would register me dropping my shopping ????? very very strange indeed.

"Quis ut Deus", Sep 16, 2021

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How very very strange that the USGS earthquake web site has not mentioned one earthquake on the canarys.. usually that site would register me dropping my shopping ????? very very strange indeed.
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Duchesne is my go to

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Dated

16/09/2021

'There is an increase in seismic activity around the Teneguia volcano, in the Canary Islands, in Spain, and there may be an eruption in the coming days or weeks, according to the government of the country.

The National Geographic Institute of Spain detected 4,222 tremors in the Cumbre Vieja National Park, in volta do vulcão, not on the island of La Palma.

The tremors intensify when checking the surface, or that places the ilha in alert to light it up for an eruption (or alert system in four níveis, and or to light it as the second most serious).'

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"Quis ut Deus" said: ↑

How very very strange that the USGS earthquake web site has not mentioned one earthquake on the canarys.. usually that site would register me dropping my shopping ????? very very strange indeed.
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It is concerning that this is not on the news feeds. I suspect suppression. May God forgive them.

padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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It is concerning that this is not on the news feeds. I suspect suppression. May God forgive them.
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October 1971 last eruption. 40 years.

Malachi, Sep 16, 2021

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I remembered that vision a priest had in which Our Lady held a black cloth* (symbolizing mourning) and covered the globe with it.

Luan Ribeiro, Sep 16, 2021

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Revelation 11:13

The Witnesses Killed and Raised
…12And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them. 13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.…

Bright eyed and bushy tailed!!

padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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I can't believe how this is not being generally reported.

I'd love to be a fly in the wall in the Palace of Moncloa: (the Spanish White House)

¡Zapatero, a sus zapatos!

padraig, Sep 16, 2021

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