La Palma registers 31 earthquakes during the night, none felt

Smoke cloud from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on November 24, 2021, in Los Llanos de Aridane, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, (Spain). The Cumbre Vieja volcano, which began to roar on September 19, has already destroyed an area of more than – Pau de la Calle – Europa Press

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 27 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The 24-hour monitoring volcanic surveillance network of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has located 31 earthquakes overnight in the area affected by the volcanic reactivation on the island of La Palma, none of them felt by the population.

The seismicity continues under the central area of Cumbre Vieja, in the same areas of previous days. Most of the earthquakes are located at depths greater than 20 km and only seven of them at intermediate depths, between 10 and 15 km.

The maximum recorded magnitude was 3.2 (mbLg) corresponding to an earthquake located at 00.26 hours, with a depth of 39 km. Yesterday 60 earthquakes were located, thirteen of them with magnitudes greater than 3.0 (mbLg). None were felt.

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