The National Geographic Institute (IGN) offered the data from the seismicity summary in Canary Islands corresponding to last year 2022in which all the earthquakes that may have occurred during this period in certain localities are recorded, giving as a result that the Islands housed more than 3,000 earthquakes.
Specifically they were a total of 3,241 seismic movements that occurred in the Canary Islands and different areas close to the Archipelago. The report also details that More than 50% of the registered earthquakes took place on La Palma, about 1,882. Apparently, the specialists concluded that they are directly related to the entire process after the emergence of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.
The largest earthquake, between Tenerife and Gran Canaria
Likewise, the intermediate zone between the capital islands, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, has focused the activity of around 400 earthquakes. Precisely in this enclave, the greatest movement of last year was registered, which had a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter seismic scale.
Lastly, the summary also points out that within Tenerife was made aware of more than 700 earthquakesMeanwhile in The ironwere 36 reported earthquakes.
