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Volcanic vents on La Palma have sometimes been named after the saint of the day they erupted. In this case, the saint would be Saint Januarius (san Genaro). [107] This painting by Mattia Preti depicts his beheading with Vesuvius in eruption as a background. The eruption source is a new vent of the Cumbre Vieja dorsal.
The Cumbre Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkumbɾe ˈβjexa]; meaning "Old Summit") is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. [4] The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, comprising the southern half of La Palma, with both summit ridge and flanks pockmarked by dozens of craters and cones. [5]
A volcano erupted on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday, September 19, after seismologists recorded a series of tremors, the strongest measuring at a magnitude 4.2 earlier on ...
La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano continued to spew lava and ash on Sunday, October 24, a day after a portion of its main cone collapsed.Lava had extended to cover 891.9 hectares (3.44 square ...
A volcano erupted on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday, September 19, after seismologists recorded a series of tremors over several days, the strongest of which was measured at ...
Officials reported a fresh eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma on the evening of September 27.The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (INVOLCAN) said an eruption took place at around ...
The island of La Palma in the Atlantic Ocean. The island of La Palma in the Canary Islands is at risk of undergoing a large landslide, which could cause a tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean. Volcanic islands and volcanoes on land frequently undergo large landslides/collapses, which have been documented in Hawaii for example.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano has remained active, ejecting lava and ash onto the Spanish island of La Palma on Tuesday, October 19, a month after the initial eruptions began.This footage filmed by the ...