The volcano on La Palma has been active for more than 40 days.
Volcano researchers warn of a "lava bomb".
In addition, violent earthquakes shook the Canary Island.
Santa Cruz - Gigantic masses of lava roll unstoppably through the country.
Destroy everything in their way.
The volcano on La Palma does not come to rest.
Lava fountains close to the sky.
In addition, it rains incessantly ash in some parts of the island and the earth shakes.
The volcanic eruption is now part of everyday life.
Impressive images of a "lava bomb" can now be found on social networks.
A ball of extremely hot lava on the ashes down the mountain.
The rumbling and hissing of the volcano can be heard in the background of the clip.
Geologist Harri Geiger shared the video on Twitter.
The gray lava ball is bigger than a soccer ball.
The surface looks irregular and actually inconspicuous.
That is deceptive - it glows inside.
Such volcanic bombs are thrown out of the volcano at a temperature of over 1,000 degrees and then roll at a high speed down the slopes of the volcano on the Cumbre Vieja.
La Palma volcanic eruption: "Lava bombs" are life-threatening
Experts warn that these “volcanic bombs” are life-threatening.
It is “pyroclastic material” - volcanic rock that is thrown out of the volcano during an eruption.
It is necessary to make the population aware of the danger of "volcanic bombs", said Nieves Sánchez, geologist at the Geographical and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME) in the Televisión Canaria.
The lava in the chimney is shredded into fine particles - volcanic ash and larger chunks - pyroclasts - by the high gas pressure, can
be read
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vulkane.net
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The “lava bombs” could be thrown hundreds of meters out of the volcano, says Sánchez.
In the vicinity of the volcanic eruption one has to be careful, but also on the paths on which they could roll.
The video shows this pretty clearly:
Spallation lava bomb coming down from #LaPalmaVolcano on 27 Oct 2021. # CumbreVieja pic.twitter.com/mvKFKn6rme
- Harri Geiger (@harrigeiger) October 28, 2021
La Palma volcano: earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook holiday island
La Palma has been hit by one of the strongest earthquakes since the volcano erupted.
The quake on Saturday morning had a magnitude of 5.0.
The earthquake was felt all over La Palma and partly on three other Canary Islands, Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro, reported the state television broadcaster RTVE, citing the Spanish Geographic Institute (IGN).
For the island's crisis team, this is an indication that more intense earthquakes can occur.
"If you are outdoors and there is an earthquake - find a free space and stay away from buildings," tweeted the Canary Island Security and Emergency Service.
Since the volcanic eruption on La Palma there have been earthquakes every day.
The earthquakes usually occur at a depth of well over 30 kilometers.
According to experts, they suggest that the volcano on the Cumbre Vieja mountain range will remain active for some time.
La Palma: volcanic eruption on the Cumbre Vieja
The volcano on the Cumbre Vieja mountain range (1,949 meters) on the Canary Island of La Palma erupted on September 19, 2021 for the first time in 50 years. |
Huge lava flows have now destroyed more than 2500 buildings and almost 946.5 hectares of land. |
The Canaries, which also include the popular holiday islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote, are of volcanic origin. The Cumbre Vieja was considered a dormant volcano. |
The volcano has been active on La Palma for more than six weeks.
The hot lava has been rolling towards the sea since then.
More than 2,500 buildings have been completely destroyed - buried under meter-high lava masses.
946.5 hectares is covered by the lava layer, according to data from the Copernicus satellite.
Parts of the volcanic cone collapsed last weekend.
As a result, huge masses of lava flowed into the valley.
Once the volcano took an eerie pause.
At the moment, however, the situation is very different.
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