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An eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, took place between 19 September and 13 December 2021. [7] It was the first volcanic eruption on the island since the eruption of Teneguía in 1971 . [ 8 ]
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]
Prior to the Cumbre Vieja eruption on the island of La Palma on September 20, 2021, over 25,000 earthquakes were recorded starting on September 10. Since the 1971 Teneguía eruption, the volcano has remained very active, as since October 2017 until the 2021 eruption alone, nine earthquake swarms occurred. As a result of the Cumbre Vieja ...
On Sept. 19, 2021, La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted. It was the first major volcanic eruption on the island in 50 years, per The New York Times.. Scientists started monitoring the island ...
La Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km (4 mi) above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. [ 6 ] There is road access from sea level to the summit at 2,426 m (7,959 ft), [ 7 ] which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Roque de Los Muchachos ("Rock of the Young ...
A six-kilometer black lava scar crossing Spain's La Palma island remains as testimony to the three-month-long volcano eruption that may have left no casualties but did wreak havoc in the lives of ...
2.1 Garrotxa Volcanic Zone. 3 Major eruptions. 4 See also. ... La Palma: 2426: 6394: 2021 [1] ... Name/Volcano: Island: Eruption/Cessation date: Duration (days) ...
The volcanic eruption on La Palma that has sent spectacular rivers of molten lava running down the slopes of La Cumbre for nearly three months is the longest running on the Spanish island since ...