The volcanic eruption on the Canary Island of La Palma does not let the island's residents come to rest; experts have now recorded up to 40 earthquakes within a few hours.
La Palma - For weeks the volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma has been spitting ash and lava, more than 7,000 people have already had to flee from the hot lava flow.
The number of destroyed houses is now increasing by leaps and bounds, but not enough experts are now registering more and more earthquakes.
Around 40 tremors have been registered since midnight.
Volcanic eruption on La Palma: Experts count up to 40 earthquakes - the situation on the holiday island continues to come to a head
A total of 1,817 buildings have already fallen victim to the lava flow, which is more than 1,200 degrees Celsius.
This means that emergency services count more than 269 houses than the last count recorded on Thursday.
This is reported by the state TV broadcaster RTVE, citing the European Earth observation system Copernicus.
Around 7,000 people had to leave their homes in the past few weeks because the threatening lava flow had come too close to their homes.
As the TV broadcaster further reports, nothing is currently known about further evacuations.
But as the dpa quotes the earthquake expert Eduardo Suarez from the National Geographic Institute, almost 40 light to medium earthquakes have been registered since midnight (from October 15 to October 16).
The most violent is recorded at a depth of 37 kilometers and a strength of 4.6.
"The quakes indicate that the eruption will continue unabated," said the expert.
An impressive video showing a “lava tsunami” has now been shared on Twitter.
