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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.
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]
Nearly two months after first erupting, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands, has claimed a life. A 72-year-old man was found dead on Saturday in the municipality of ...
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 ...
A volcano erupted on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday, September 19, forcing evacuations as lava encroached on the town.The eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcano was reported ...
Residents on Spain's La Palma island braced Wednesday for the possibility of bigger earthquakes that could compound the damage from a volcano spilling lava more than five weeks since it erupted ...