Volcanic activity in Canary Islands 2019

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Some really interesting articles Jand, thank you. And the old pictures - fascinating!

[jand]

I think many people will be asking and wondering why now ??

Update from the press conference yesterday.

Translated.

The UME mobilizes 1,500 troops to simulate an Earthquake and an eruption in the Canary Islands
The performance will take place March 21 and 26, 2020 in the two capital islands
The simulation will begin with a seismic movement in Gran Canaria, where there will be a very powerful shock and many injured and some dead

"The Military Emergency Unit (UME) will conduct a simulation, in which more than 1,500 people will participate, of an Earthquake in Gran Canaria followed by an eruption in Tenerife to test the coordination protocols and improve them if necessary.

The Minister of Security of the Government of the Canary Islands, Julio Pérez, and head of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), Lieutenant General Luis Manuel Martínez, explained this Thursday at a press conference the details of the drill, which will take place between on March 21 and 26, 2020 in the two capital islands.

The drill will begin with a seismic movement in Gran Canaria, where there will be a very powerful shake and numerous injuries and some deaths, as well as very serious damage to buildings and numerous landslides.

Given this situation, the special seismic risk plan would be placed at emergency level 2 and the Civil Protection territorial plan at the same level, so the EMU would have to cooperate with the Canary Islands Government, which would direct this event.

Shortly after this seismic movement occurred, in Tenerife, specifically in Güímar, a sudden elevation of sulfuric dioxide and carbon dioxide would be detected in Tenerife, where data from the GPS network and satellite images indicate very significant deformations in the field.

Therefore, the volcanic traffic light of information to the population would be orange because it is an imminent eruption and the special plan of volcanic risk of the Canary Islands would become a maximum alert situation.

Once the eruption occurred in Tenerife, an explosive phase and an eruptive column two to three kilometers high and lava columns, hillside landslides, rocky landslides and forest fires would begin.

The volcanic traffic light would be red and the Canary Islands' special volcanic risk plan would become operational two, so, once the situation on both islands was assessed and after assessing the level of damage, the Government would propose to the Ministry of Interior that Declare the emergency situation of national interest of the special seismic and volcanic risk plans.

As the representative of the EMU has specified, it is an exercise that is carried out every year and that allows him to be in the right conditions to give an immediate response in the direction of an emergency of national interest.

The UME plans, programs and directs this combined exercise that will serve as training in the transition of the crisis direction from level two to level three, in addition to managing the crisis itself, in coordination with other agencies, such as the Canary Islands Government .

The Minister of Security of the Government of the Canary Islands, Julio Pérez, has affirmed that "the worst enemy of the emergency is improvisation" and stressed the importance of the population learning to live with eruptions and earthquakes, as some generations have already done with Teneguía or Chinyero.

For his part, the head of the EMU, Lieutenant General Luis Manuel Martinez, has highlighted the need to train and train so that "everything goes well" within coordination protocols that must be tested to be improved.

This drill, according to the lieutenant general, aims to detect coordination problems and test health care, rescue, action against environmental and property risks and the transfer of people with disabilities from residences and hospitals.

It is also a test of information management to the media, because, in the face of these Events, it is important to inform honestly at all times and not to alarm, the head of the EMU has added.

https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/so...03967.html

[jand]

Late yesterday evening a 2.0 Earthquake North Of La Palma.

es2019wvxnf 21/11/2019 23:51:00 23:51:00 28.8441 -17.8561 24 2.0 mbLg NW BARLOVENTO.ILP

[jand]

Enrique posted this 12 hours ago on his facebook page Volcanes y ciencia hoy before the 2.0 Earthquake happened.

Translated.

"No, you miss the GPS of the island of LA Palma, it seems that there is some movement, and although remarkable, at the moment you have to wait to see the definitive data and how they evolve, but they move something, we have to be pending this matter (Enrique).


https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...e=5E447AEC

[jand]

On this link you can see where all the seismic stations are situated on all the Canary islands.

https://www.ign.es/web/ign/portal/vlc-gp...pjYkAbA64k

[jand]

The 2.0 Earthquake La Palma is no longer showing and has been removed by IGN ????

http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanol...arias.html

[jand]

Another update on the emergency drill in March.

Translated.

A level 3 emergency drill will collapse highways and air traffic will be disrupted
The Military Emergency Unit will plan the work during the next months and in which 1,500 troops and 10 helicopters will participate

"The Canary Islands Government and the Military Emergency Unit have presented this week, a level 3 emergency drill that will have a national projection and will be held on March 21 and 26, 2020. The idea of ​​this early presentation is "plan and Prepare the work during the next months " as explained in the SER by the Director General of Security and Emergencies of the Regional Executive, Gustavo Armas.


Nearly 2,000 people, including 1,500 members of the EMU and up to 10 helicopters, will participate in a drill that, according to Armas, intends to "put the Archipelago to the limit" to check "how canaries behave in the face of an Earthquake and a volcanic eruption" that will occur on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and for which "roads will be cut, highways will collapse, the atmosphere will be filled with smoke and air traffic will be interrupted."
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The supposed Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 to 10 kilometers deep , will have an epicenter a few kilometers north of Santa María de Guía (Gran Canaria). In addition, it is expected that the National Geographic Institute will assign a maximum intensity VII-VIII.

This will cause a very powerful jolt and numerous wounded and some deceased will be registered , thus very serious damage will occur in buildings and numerous landslides. In this situation, the Special Seismic Risk Plan is placed in emergency level 2 and the Territorial Civil Protection Plan is placed at the same level.

As for the eruption in Tenerife, an explosive phase and an eruptive column of two to three kilometers high , starting lava columns, pyroclastic flows, expulsion of volcanic fragments and bombs up to 200 meters outside the cone.

https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2019/11/22...RY5gy6Wgck

[jand]

A 2.8 Earthquake South West of El Hierro.

es2019xahsw 24/11/2019 09:32:34 09:32:34 27.6597 -18.1334 18 2.8 mbLg SW EL PINAR DE EL HIERRO.IHI

[jand]

As reported in eldiario.es.

Translated.

Seismic movement of magnitude 1.7 west of La Palma
It has been registered at sea by the National Geographic Institute at 3:46 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 25 kilometers deep.

The volcanic surveillance network in La Palma of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has recorded this Sunday, November 24, a seismic movement of magnitude 1.7 on the Richter scale west of La Palma, at sea.

https://www.eldiario.es/fotos/Imagen-IGN...307_19.jpg

The small Earthquake has been detected, at 15.46 hours, at a depth of 25 kilometers, at latitude 28.5637 and longitude -18.0989.



https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/la...53591.html

[jand]

Enrique has posted this video of the eruption in the sea  El Hierro exactly eight years ago today .