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26-10-2021, 03:16 PM
There is an eruption for a long half time» on La Palma
The technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende points out that the «end of the emergency is far»
The changing reconfiguration of the cone of the La Palma volcano, the new 10-centimeter vertical deformation «pulse» and the emissions «once again very high of sulfur dioxide» - 40,800 tonnes yesterday (underestimated value) - indicate «that the end of the emergency is far away . There will be an eruption for a long time ”, assured today the technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende in the press conference after the meeting with the scientific committee.
The La Palma volcano continues to emit a large amount of lava that is circulating above previous lava flows, especially the "original ones", the so-called 1 - the only one that reached the sea - and 4.
In addition, yesterday a "deformation" of the terrain of up to 10 centimeters was detected. According to María José Blanco, head of the Geophysical Center in the Canary Islands of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and a member of the Pevolca scientific committee, this pattern has been recorded twice before. Blanco advanced that they were going to corroborate the data, because perhaps the station is affected and returns erroneous figures, but if they are verified to be true, it would indicate that there is "an increased accumulation of magmatic material below and at the surface level" so that they could be opened mouth works around the cone and the station, but always, he added, "in the exclusion zone . " That is "to be expected in the next few hours," he added.
The activity of the La Palma volcano continues to cause partial collapses of the main cone, yesterday one of them dragged "large blocks" said Blanco.
The technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende points out that the «end of the emergency is far»And to this is added the high seismicity that continues to be abundant at a depth of between 10 and 15 kilometers. At more than 20 kilometers the
magnitude is high "but they are occurring less frequently," explained the scientist. Yesterday there was a 4.2 Earthquake for an event 36 kilometers deep and with an intensity of 4. Blanco insisted, as he has reiterated in previous days, that it is possible that there are earthquakes of greater intensity, up to 6. « Yesterday we had a very powerful seismic day, ”Morcuende pointed out.
Morcuende presented the daily summary of people affected and buildings destroyed. At the moment there are 452 people sheltered , one less than yesterday. 387 in Fuencaliente and 65 in Los Llanos de Aridane ». In addition, 38 dependent people are in social health centers on the island - eight less than last week. According to the land registry data, there are 1,291 buildings affected , "four more than yesterday," said the technical director of Pevolca, who explained that the lava was occupying "islands" that had been left intact after the passage of the first wash. Of the total, 1,038 buildings had residential use, 135 agricultural, 64 industrial, 30 leisure and hospitality, 11 public and 14 other uses.
For the Copernicus satellite, 2,286 buildings or constructions are affected, 2,162 of them are destroyed and 124 are at risk.
The area in hectares affected by the lava is 879.69, that is, 27.42 more than the last day , and the maximum width remains at 2,900 meters. The distance to the sea from the wash number 7, which has stopped 130-120 meters before the sea, is also maintained. Number 8, which was heading for the mountain of La Laguna, is also «quite stationary. There is still a small section of the nursery and primary school and the fire station is still standing. The stream has taken a southwesterly course and it seems that it is going to try to join stream 7. But if it had a sufficient load of material, it could also start its way north of the Laguna mountain, that is why we evacuated the neighborhoods of Tazacorte » , he remembered.
The technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende points out that the «end of the emergency is far»
The changing reconfiguration of the cone of the La Palma volcano, the new 10-centimeter vertical deformation «pulse» and the emissions «once again very high of sulfur dioxide» - 40,800 tonnes yesterday (underestimated value) - indicate «that the end of the emergency is far away . There will be an eruption for a long time ”, assured today the technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende in the press conference after the meeting with the scientific committee.
The La Palma volcano continues to emit a large amount of lava that is circulating above previous lava flows, especially the "original ones", the so-called 1 - the only one that reached the sea - and 4.
In addition, yesterday a "deformation" of the terrain of up to 10 centimeters was detected. According to María José Blanco, head of the Geophysical Center in the Canary Islands of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and a member of the Pevolca scientific committee, this pattern has been recorded twice before. Blanco advanced that they were going to corroborate the data, because perhaps the station is affected and returns erroneous figures, but if they are verified to be true, it would indicate that there is "an increased accumulation of magmatic material below and at the surface level" so that they could be opened mouth works around the cone and the station, but always, he added, "in the exclusion zone . " That is "to be expected in the next few hours," he added.
The activity of the La Palma volcano continues to cause partial collapses of the main cone, yesterday one of them dragged "large blocks" said Blanco.
The technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende points out that the «end of the emergency is far»And to this is added the high seismicity that continues to be abundant at a depth of between 10 and 15 kilometers. At more than 20 kilometers the
magnitude is high "but they are occurring less frequently," explained the scientist. Yesterday there was a 4.2 Earthquake for an event 36 kilometers deep and with an intensity of 4. Blanco insisted, as he has reiterated in previous days, that it is possible that there are earthquakes of greater intensity, up to 6. « Yesterday we had a very powerful seismic day, ”Morcuende pointed out.
Morcuende presented the daily summary of people affected and buildings destroyed. At the moment there are 452 people sheltered , one less than yesterday. 387 in Fuencaliente and 65 in Los Llanos de Aridane ». In addition, 38 dependent people are in social health centers on the island - eight less than last week. According to the land registry data, there are 1,291 buildings affected , "four more than yesterday," said the technical director of Pevolca, who explained that the lava was occupying "islands" that had been left intact after the passage of the first wash. Of the total, 1,038 buildings had residential use, 135 agricultural, 64 industrial, 30 leisure and hospitality, 11 public and 14 other uses.
For the Copernicus satellite, 2,286 buildings or constructions are affected, 2,162 of them are destroyed and 124 are at risk.
The area in hectares affected by the lava is 879.69, that is, 27.42 more than the last day , and the maximum width remains at 2,900 meters. The distance to the sea from the wash number 7, which has stopped 130-120 meters before the sea, is also maintained. Number 8, which was heading for the mountain of La Laguna, is also «quite stationary. There is still a small section of the nursery and primary school and the fire station is still standing. The stream has taken a southwesterly course and it seems that it is going to try to join stream 7. But if it had a sufficient load of material, it could also start its way north of the Laguna mountain, that is why we evacuated the neighborhoods of Tazacorte » , he remembered.
