SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Fuencaliente City Council collaborates with the University of Granada and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the ‘Imagmaseis’ project, aimed at the study of the internal structure of the Cumbre Vieja volcanic building.
The mayor, Gregorio Alonso, has highlighted that for more than 15 years the City Council has been collaborating with scientific institutions and several universities in the volcanic monitoring of Cumbre Vieja, as well as in various studies related to the volcanic in the south of the island. , with several surveillance and control teams distributed throughout the municipality on a permanent basis.
The ‘Imagmaseis’ project is currently being developed, aimed at exploring the magmatic feeding system of the Cumbre Vieja volcanic edifice, using passive seismic methods. This is a research project led by the University of Granada with the participation of the GFZ Potsdam, the IGN and other national and international institutions.
During the month of September, 34 broadband seismic stations have been installed throughout La Palma, several of them in the municipality of Fuencaliente. The stations will be in operation for one year.
With the recorded data, a high-resolution study of the internal structure of the island can be carried out, with special interest in the Cumbre Vieja area, using methods based on the correlation of seismic noise. This will allow it to be compared with studies prior to the 2021 eruption, hoping to determine what changes have occurred in the structure of the island due to the intrusion of magma that gave rise to the Tajogaite eruption.
Gregorio Alonso has highlighted that this collaboration with researchers’ studies consolidates the commitment that the municipal government group maintains to support the scientific institutions that choose the municipality of Fuencaliente to carry out their work.
