Nerves on edge on Spanish island as quakes, lava threaten

[TexasTowelie]

EL PASO, Canary Islands (AP) — Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa in the early hours of Tuesday, keeping nerves on edge as rivers of lava continued to flow toward the sea and a new vent blew open on the mountainside.

The new vent is 900 meters (3,000 feet) north of the Cumbre Vieja ridge, where the volcano first erupted on Sunday after a week of thousands of small earthquakes.

That so-called earthquake swarm gave authorities warning that an eruption was likely and allowed more than 5,000 people to be evacuated, avoiding casualties.

The new fissure opened after what the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute said was a 3.8-magnitude quake late Monday.

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[Lovie777]

1. There be volcano activety . ..

be safe.

[RicROC]

2. love the Canary Islands.

Last time I visited one of the islands in 2020 and was caught in the covid lockdown (Europeans say Corona, not covid) so had to escape before flights off the island were cancelled. Very nice international islands with signs written in different languages which could include Finnish, German, Spanish, English, Swedish.

Where I go has a large German speaking community, which is great for me since I don't speak Spanish. The balmy weather is ideal- in the hotel room, there was no heater, nor air conditioner. I did not encounter one Canadian or US citizen, although I heard a little English from UK tourists.

For lunch one day I had an outstanding bowl of Graupensuppe from a German cafe. (Beef barley soup) and at 4:00pm there is the traditional coffee and torte at the Cafe Wien (Cafe Vienna).

It's an adventure to think, you're off the coast of Africa, in Spain, and yet feel like you're in Germany, Austria or Belgium.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

3. Good news is shield volcanoes dont normally explode, the runny lava just gushes out like rivers

Quakes are caused by lava bubbling to surface through magma chambers, but, that crack....