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The eruption source is a new vent of the Cumbre Vieja dorsal. As of 29 September 2021, the new vent was still officially unnamed. Volcano vents on La Palma have traditionally been given either Guanche names or, more rarely and not in recent times, named after the Saint on whose feast day the eruption began.
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]
During the 1949 eruption a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long normal fault developed along the crest of Cumbre Vieja; it has been inactive since then [1] and prior eruptions did not form such faults, which do not have the appearance of graben faults. [34] Geodesy has not identified ongoing movement of the flank. [35]
In 2021, the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted for a total of 85 days — the longest eruption ever recorded on La Palma island. In 2021, the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted for a total of 85 days — the ...
2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption; At Cumbre Vieja ridge a new monogenetic volcano burst on 19 September 2021 after several seismic crises that rocked the island, among other anomalies regarding volcanic surveillance. [11] At 85 days, it is the longest known and the most damaging volcanic eruption on La Palma since records began.
Nearly two months after it began erupting, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma claimed its first life on Friday, November 11, with authorities reported to suspect the dead man may have fallen ...
A miraculous sight was photographed on the Spanish island of El Palma where the Cumbre Vieja volcano has been erupting and spewing lava for nearly a week. Hundreds of homes were devoured by the ...
Eruption (4 December 2021) at Tajogaite cinder cone on the west flank of Cumbre Vieja, La Palma. Eight confirmed historical eruptions have occurred at Cumbre Vieja, making La Palma the most volcanically active of the Canary Islands and accounting for half of all the volcanic eruptions in the Canary Islands during this c. 540 year timespan.