Direct Latest news about the La Palma volcano
Shortly before 10.00 am on Monday the
volcano
of
Cumbre Vieja
in
La Palma
, has stopped the emission of lava, ash and smoke.
It has literally stopped.
What appears to be a new volcanic phase has caught experts by surprise who, for the moment, do not know why such inactivity is due and urge to maintain precautions and not lower our guard.
The column of smoke that dispersed ash throughout the island has disappeared and there is hardly any activity in the
volcano
, although it is not the first time since the beginning of the eruption that these periods of inactivity have occurred.
"The apparent interruption of the eruption may indicate a new phase. We must not lower our guard. Seismicity returns," reports Volcanes de Canarias.
Indeed, while seismicity has decreased in the area of the main mouth, it has increased at a new point on the island, in
Fuentecaliente
, where 16 earthquakes have been recorded in the last hours.
The most intense was located at 06.05 hours and at
a depth of 10 kilometers
, and in general, all are above magnitude 2 and at depths ranging between 9 and 13 kilometers.
The volcanic tremor on La Palma fell significantly this morning, as indicated by the National Geographic Institute (IGN).
According to the
Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias
, the volcanic tremor is related to the intensity of the strombolian explosive activity of the volcano.
The experts are meeting at the moment to analyze the reason for this stop at the volcano.
"The activity has been reduced notably in the last hours in La Palma. It
is necessary to be very vigilant
of its evolution because the scene can change quickly", they affirm from the Institute of Geosciences.
As explained in LaSexta, the geologist and scientific disseminator
Nahúm Méndez Chazarra
, this stoppage may be worrying, since it
could mean that the volcano "is recharging
.
"
The hypotheses that the experts consider are that the volcano
is recharging with magma
, that there is
a plug
, that it
has begun to go out
or that the magma is moving to another place and there may be an eruption in another place.
From the port of
Tazacorte
, small plumes of smoke can be seen along the course of the main stream that devastated the town of
Todoque
, which last night was about 1,600 meters from the coastline without reaching the sea.
The scientific committee of
the Volcanic Emergency Plan of the Canary Islands
(Pevolca) warned last night that the arrival of the lava to the sea could be a matter of hours, so the residents of the closest neighborhoods were ordered to stay inside their houses to avoid the risks of gases that can be released when lava comes into contact with seawater.
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