The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the Canary Island of La Palma is increasing in intensity and activity.
[09:01h] Seismicity increased last night mainly in the upper magma chamber. Vulcan produces more ash and smoke today. Trade winds are blowing it over evacuated territory. Access into evacuated territory not posible today due to bad air quality. /rf #LaPalma #ErupcionLaPalma pic.twitter.com/kYC8GD2HHX
— Roger (@efadi_LP) November 17, 2021
Today, a new lava flow has formed between the mountains of Todoque and that of La Laguna, moving at a speed of 70 meters per hour.
9) ? “The last flight of the drone allowed us to see the new lava flow from #volcándeLaPalma , which descends at an approximate speed of 70 meters per hour between the mountains of Todoque and La Laguna.” https://t.co/sdBHZ6TUxC
— fred walton (@fredwalton216) November 17, 2021
This new stream of magma coincides with a phase of greater seismic activity. More than 270 earthquakes hit the eruptive site between 00:00 and 18:00 (local time).
That’s the second most seismically active day since the beginning of the eruption (September 14 had 300) and an impressive increase in intensity if compared to the <100 daily tremors that shook the island over the last 2 weeks!
Actividad estromboliana intensa a las 17.00 (hora canaria) desde el Mirador Astronómico del Llano del Jable / Intense strombolian activity at 5:00 p.m. (Canarian time) from the Llano del Jable Astronomical Viewpoint pic.twitter.com/8j5siokPvX
— INVOLCAN (@involcan) November 17, 2021
Officials say AGAIN that M5 and even M6 quakes could happen any time and the volcanic tremor has increased in amplitude (from low to medium level) and a small inflation was measured near the main crater.
Vídeo desde Tacande a las 19.00 hora canaria / Video from Tacande at 7.00 pm Canarian time pic.twitter.com/o2y3ob8DP9
— INVOLCAN (@involcan) November 17, 2021
The seismic and volcanic data clealy show that the volcanic eruption enters a new intensification cycle, after days of apparent downward activity.
A dust devil formed near the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which continued to erupt on Spain’s La Palma island.
A dust storm near the volcano was reported by officials on Monday. https://t.co/EywNMbhSV6 pic.twitter.com/HgTyFDTUL3
— ABC News (@ABC) November 16, 2021
Heavy ash emission continues and currently drifts south and southwest, reaching an altitude between 1,500 and 1,700 meters. Thursday, the cloud of ash and toxic gases could affect the operation of La Palma airport.
#EMSR546 #ErupciónLaPalma #CumbreVieja
Our #RapidMappingTeam has released its 5⃣2⃣nd updated map
It is based on @ASI_spazio COSMO-Skymed ? radar imagery
As of 15 Nov. at 07:08 UTC:
▶️Extent of the lava flow: 1,042.1 ha (+17.7 ha in ~36h)
▶️2,623 destroyed ?buildings (+5) pic.twitter.com/qnZr1kqrHH— Copernicus EMS (@CopernicusEMS) November 15, 2021
The emission of sulfur dioxide in the volcanic plume is lower than in previous days (2,000 – 3,000 tons per day yesterday). In Los Llanos de Aridane and Puntagorda the air quality was very bad. In the areas of Las Manchas and Puerto Naos, high concentrations of toxic gases were detected last night. Workers were evacuated from the desalination plants. The emission of carbon dioxide is ok (2,200 – 2,500 tons per day).
? Impactante imagen del atardecer de ayer en el puerto de #Tazacorte con las nubes de vapor y gases reflejando la incandescencia de la lava.#ErupcionLaPalma #VolcandeLaPalma #IGNSpain @mitmagob @CabLaPalma @aytotazacorte @DgCanarias @112canarias @AdmPcasGobcan @CSIC @RTVCes pic.twitter.com/JSZ3dVLl6f
— IGN-CNIG (@IGNSpain) November 17, 2021
According to new calculations, the ongoing eruption on La Palma has released as much energy than that the entire Canary Islands would consume in 36 years or 286.2 terawatt hours (35.9x the electricity demand of the Canary Islands during 2020 and 1,158x the electricity consumption of the island of La Palma last year.
Did you know that the energy associated with the current eruptive process of Cumbre Vieja to date would be of the order of 286.2 terawatt-hours (TWh)? an amount equivalent to 35.9 and 1,158.7 times the electricity demand of the Canary Islands and La Palma, respectively, in 2020.
— INVOLCAN (@involcan) November 17, 2021
Meanwhile, the lava has now buried 1,037 hectares of land (2.84 more than in the previous update) and destroyed 1,467 buildings on the Island of La Palma.
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You’re seeing record numbers now but soon you will see numbers higher than ever recorded
That’s a Fact
SS we are on same page. East coast must leave now to higher
grounds specially ellipse of moon soon with DEC 4 Eclipse of Sun partially.
Worse again. Bigger quakes expected. More lava flows. Desalinization plant closed down. Go fishing for six months. Stay clear.
May the Lord protect those people from disaster.