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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]
They do not appear to form through individual collapses; multi-stage failures lasting hours or days appear to be more common [6] as has been inferred from the patterns of landslide-generated turbidite deposits in the Agadir Basin north of the Canary Islands. [8] The most recent such event took place at El Hierro originally dated at 15,000 years ...
The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute reported the initial eruption shortly after 3 p.m. near the southern end of the island, which saw its last eruption in 1971. Volcano erupts on Atlantic ...
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From 1 January 1976 to 31 December 2024, 17 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or larger, with epicentres on or close to the Canary Islands, were recorded; the largest of these earthquakes had a m b magnitude of 5.4 and an intensity of VII with its epicentre on the ocean floor about 28 km (17 mi) west of El Hierro in 2013.
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2012 2012 Kermadec Islands eruption: 2 Tagoro [122] Canary Islands, Spain 2011-2012 2011–12 El Hierro eruption: 1 Mount Nyiragongo [117] Democratic Republic of the Congo 2002 245 Large effusive eruption. At least 15% of Goma comprising 4,500 buildings was destroyed, leaving about 120,000 people homeless.