Posted on 05/08/2018 7:20:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
MORE than 270 earthquakes have been recorded in just ten days near Spain’s Canary Islands raising fears of a volcanic eruption.
The quakes have struck near Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands where there is a huge submarine fault between the two islands.
Spain’s National Geographic Institute said the biggest recent quake reached a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale at only about 35km from Puerto La Luz in Gran Canaria.
A report said the fault line has not been active in recent times, but it added, “What if it started spewing magma again? And what if it was reactivating the Teide volcano? That would be cataclysmic.”
The Mount Teide volcano on Tenerife sits nearby. The National Park draws three million visitors yearly and the volcano's 3,718-metre (12,198 ft) summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. The last eruption was on November 18, 1909.
The government has been urged to step in amid calls for an urgent meeting to discuss why the quakes are happening again.
But Emilio Carreño from Spain’s National Geographic Institute, said the majority of earthquakes registered in the past few days have been of tectonic origin, and ‘are not usually associated with volcanology.’
Carreño pointed out that all earthquakes are reviewed, especially those in the Canary Islands, because “the situation of the islands makes precision in locating the source more difficult.”
He added: “Right now in the peninsula there are quite a few places where these series of quakes are being recorded.
“It is common during any single month to register between 100 and 600 earthquakes in areas like Jodar or in Jaen, which can experience between 400 and 500.”
TENERIFE VOLCANO: Mount Teide and (inset) earthquakes recorded in the past ten days
IIRC. if it blows, that could create a tsunami that takes out the East Coast.
Back fifteen years ago, I spent two weeks on Tenerife, and took a trip to the top of the Volcano area. This time of year....thousands of tourists starting to flood into the island area. It’s one of the best vacation spots that I’ve ever been to.
Only if the west side of the island creates a long run-out landslide into the Atlantic...............
Luke 21:11
“And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”
King James Version (KJV)
What if, what if, what if. As if there’s anything to stop it from happening. The prudent thing to do is not to build your house on a volcano if you’re worried about it spewing lava on you.
There are concerns about Kilauea doing the same thing in the Pacific.
The Canary Islands are (or at least used to be) home to the Bichon Frise dog breed. Are Spanish government agencies making plans to relocate any strays in the event of an evacuation?
Then say good bye US East coast in about 8 hours when the resultant tsunami hits. Even if it isn't particularly damaging the panic will be epic
I wonder about those people in Hawaii, whose homes were lost.
What were they thinking?.................
This can only be caused by global warming, we must stop all vehicle movement and energy generation at once.
It could be our only hope.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vXFJ5N02zP4
Dutchsinse warning of large earthquake this week.
He says that he hopes he is wrong but that the pattern is like the one leading up to the Japan mega-earthquake in 2011.
He talks about Hawaii/ Japan at the beginning and he tells about his forecast for Japan at about 40 mins.
General forecast begins at about 30 mins or a little after.
Oh, no. This guy knows his stuff :(
Thanks Red Badger. There are loads of topics, from the FRchives, regarding the tsunami prospects from a landslide in the Canaries.
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