Gran Canary Volcano Eruption

piggynose | 20:52 Wed 22nd Sep 2021 | News

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https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-09-22/despite-diversion-efforts-wall-of-lava-reaches-more-homes-after-la-palma-volcano-eruption.html

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Isn't this tragic?

gulliver1

It must be terrifying P/nose

Hopkirk

If you live by an active volcano, you can't be that surprised.

Mamyalynne

Frightening - the power of nature is quite awesome.

Arksided

I ask why?... It is sad though.

jno

"active" is a fairly vague description though, Hopkirk. Previous eruptions were 1971, 1949 and 1712. It's not exactly a constant threat you'd build your life around.

Arksided

1971, 1949... To me me that's pretty active. Building up to its next eruption.. should be obvious.

Mamyalynne

It's been rumbling for a couple of weeks.

//A total of 642 quakes measuring between magnitude 2.0 and 3.0 were recorded on and around the island of La Palma during the last 14 days.//

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/la-palma-volcano-map-shows-where-canary-islands-volcano-eruption-took-place-and-will-it-cause-a-tsunami-3389958

jno

half a century's a long time, Arksided; at a guess, most of the islanders won't have even been alive last time it happened.

I would have thought it would be predictable in the short term if seismologists have been doing their job; I don't how much of a surprse it was.

ichkeria

Although it’s La Palma not Gran Canaria

piggynose

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Sorry for that silly mistake. Confusing la palma with las palmas.
La palma is tiny in comparison. Tragic all the same.

davebro

Apparently the whole island has been splitting in two for ages. There is a fear that if the western side collapses into the sea it could cause a tsunami which would affect the eastern USA.

Hopkirk