La Palma volcano update: Eruption now dominantly effusive

Sa, 16. Okt 2021, 05:25

05:25 AM | VON: T

Lava flows from the cone at La Palma this morning (image: live stream)

Explosive activity, the lava fountaining in particular, has decreased a lot and often is absent. The eruption has "switched" to be dominantly effusive; this could mean that the magma richest in gas, usually at the top of a magma batch in the reservoir and erupted first, has been exhausted by now.

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Sa, 16. Okt 2021, 05:17

La Palma volcano update: Largest so far quake at magnitude 4.6 this morning

Seismic trace of this morning's magnitude 4.6 quake (image: IGN)

At 5.41 a.m., the largest-so-far quake shook the island with a magnitude 4.6. It was felt all over the island. Read all

Fr, 15. Okt 2021, 21:00

La Palma Vulkan stößt Aschenwolke auf bis zu 12000 ft (3700 m) Höhe aus

Satellitenbild des La Palma Vulkans am 15 Oct 2021

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