The Scientific Committee has reevaluated the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption and upgraded its magnitude from VEI-2 to VEI-3. The classification is based on the volume of pyroclastic material ejected. Now, the eruption is mainly vulcanian and displays substantial tropospheric injection.
La erupción pasa a VEI-3, tal y como hace días anunciaron ya nuestros expertos. La gran cantidad de ceniza caída indicaba claramente el paso a este nivel, tras una reevaluación del comité del PEVOLCA. El VEI-3 no indica que la erupción empeore ni que cambie su comportamiento pic.twitter.com/7pRye6fzMk
— INVOLCAN (@involcan) November 20, 2021
This morning, La Palma recorded its first earthquake with an intensity of V-VI (strong to very strong). The M4.6 tremblor occurred at 10.19 hours in Villa de Mazo.
#terremoto 20/11/2021 10:19:36UTC SW VILLA DE MAZO_ILP mag=4.6 prof=37km cálculo revisado https://t.co/QC763wlSgv
— IGN Sismología (@IGN_Sismologia) November 20, 2021
The following video shows the eruptive seismic activity on the island. The two active zones have been separated. The intermediate zone (10-14 km) is on the left, while the deep zone (31-39 km) is featured on the right.
Video de la sismcidad eruptiva de #LaPalma relocalizada a partir del catálogo del @IGNSpain
Se separan las dos zonas sísmicamente activas donde se ve el detalle en profundidad:
La zona intermedia (10-14 km) a la izquierda
La zona profunda (31-39 km) a la derecha pic.twitter.com/RpWYsr1KIo— Itahiza (@ita_dc) November 20, 2021
Thermal imaging video shows Cumbre Vieja in full eruption mode:
Vídeo termográfico tomado ayer a las 13.00 hora canaria de ayer en Tacande / Thermographic video taken yesterday at 1:00 pm Canarian time in Tacande pic.twitter.com/yBNd8G7mF5
— INVOLCAN (@involcan) November 20, 2021
Geologists expect the formation of a new eruption cone on the Cumbre Vieja as the eruption is picking up again.
#ImageOfTheDay #ErupciónLaPalma #LaPalma
The eruption of the #CumbreVieja ?continues with strong strombolian activity and massive ash emissions
⬇️The lava flow is visible in this #Copernicus #Sentinel2 ???️image acquired exactly two months after the beginning of the eruption pic.twitter.com/ePTSpctweW
— ?? DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether (@defis_eu) November 20, 2021
This dramatic footage shows the effects of recent rainfall while Cumbre Vieja erupts: huge column of gases, ash and tephra shooting out of the volcano. Rain started on Thursday and continued on Friday.
Lluvia sobre el volcán de #LaPalma.
Las precipitaciones caían ayer (18/11/2021) sobre el volcán de #CumbreVieja, del que se elevaba una intensa columna de gases, cenizas y piroclastos.
Imágenes grabadas desde el mirador del Jable por el biólogo del CSIC Manuel Nogales, @IPNA_CSIC pic.twitter.com/SLgViGi8l4— CSIC (@CSIC) November 19, 2021
The airline Binter has announced the suspension of the rest of the flights scheduled for this Saturday to the island of La Palma due to the accumulation of ash. Flights will start as soon as the flight conditions become favorable.
People who have lost everything in the eruption will be relocated in a new ‘city’, including a school, shopping centre, health centre, town square and a church, just south of La Manchas. The new district, provisionally named Cumbre Nueva, will comprise 543 houses on area of 400.000 m2. Building will start after the eruption.
El ‘Nuevo Todoque’, en zona de alto riesgo volcánico https://t.co/Sj8dvVlNh4 #LaPalma #VolcanLaPalma #volcanCumbreVieja #noticiaslapalma #erupcionlapalma #plataforma pic.twitter.com/us4xjPljAE
— El Time (@ElTimeLaPalma) November 20, 2021
La Palma eruption summary for November 20, 2021
– La Palma is now a VEI-3 eruption
– First V-VI intensity earthquake recorded on La Palma
– Cumbre Nueva: New city with 543 houses proposed
– Thursday saw number of tremors spike, with over 300 recorded in 24 hours
– Largest earthquake since eruption began – M5.1 – registered on Friday morning
– Surface area of lava flow now covers over 1,042 hectares
– More than 2,600 buildings have been damaged by the lava flow
– Delta formed in Atlantic Ocean by lava flows now covers over 42 hectares
– Around 7,000 of the island’s 85,000 residents have been evacuated
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Mohamad, please define “We”, and how and why do “We” know?
“We (know) what will happen but we can not say it as freedom of press is censured .Globally.”
Who ever says this volcanoes is dying lying to its teeth. We what will happen but we can not say it as freedom of press is censured .Globally.
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