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Volcanic Activity on El Hierro "Not Yet Over"

Tue 25th Oct 2011

Nemesio Perez, Volcanologist for the Technological Institute of Renewable Energies (ITER) based on Tenerife, said earlier today that seismic and volcanic activity on El Hierro "is not yet over".

The Scientist made the comments earlier today of at a meeting to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Teneguía in Fuentalicante, on neighnouring La Palma.

Perez went on to say how many things were still unknown about the recent El Hierro eruption, and that the "Earthquakes have been changing their initial location from the el Golfo area to la Calma", where the volcanic eruption is taking place.

He also stressed that the return of activity on El Hierro "does not mean that the same thing will happen in La Palma", that the Islands had a different geological structure and any similar activity on la Palm would be "a Coincidence".

ITER have measured atmospehric gas emissions on the Canary Islands via a network of geophysical stations throughout the Islands.

Although the production of these gases are "completely normal", the Cumbe Vieja Volcano on La Palma still produces between 800 and 1000 tons of CO2 every day.

The arrival of a Volcanologists on La Palma to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the last Volcanic eruption, coinciding with the activity on El Hierro has obviously led to heightened speculation with regards to any similar action taking place on la Palma.

"A hypothetical eruption on la Palma would have to occur in the north-south structural axis, but not necessarily to the south of the island, but also on middle or northern side of the Cumbre Vieja, as all of this area is still considered volvaically active."

He acknowledged the fact that living on a Volcanically active chain of Islands carried a certain amount of risks, and although any activity was likely to be low, on-going research was still important.

Read further news stories about the El Hierro Volcano by clicking the link HERE .

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