The National Geographic Institute (IGN) have reported the detection of a new seismic swarm between the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria yesterday (Thursday) of seven low-magnitude earthquakes.
All of them were located at depths of between 25 and 30km, and the strongest measured a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale at 7:51pm last night at a depth of 25km.
The IGN points out that the region between the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, known as the Enmedio Volcano, is the area of greatest recurring seismic activity in the Canary Islands, with an average of 30 earthquakes per month in recent years.
Most of these are very low tremors but there are a few, like this one, that register up to 3.5 or 3.6 on the scale and don’t affect the population.
