One of the cones of the volcano that has been emitting lava in recent weeks has given way and collapsed, resulting in several of the active ‘mouths’ of the La Palma volcano joining together to make one much bigger cone with two smaller vents, and a bigger lava flow being emitted, as the volcano continues with as much force as it started with 15 days ago.
As you can see, there are now three active mouths with a greater volume of lava flowing from the cone, however, it is following the same path that it has followed before, meaning no new towns, villages, or buildings have been affected at this stage, with 399 hectares of land now covered with lava, which is 52.5 more than on Saturday.
Six tremors shake Fuencaliente:
According to the IGN, they have seen an increase in the seismic activity in the southern municipality of Fuencaliente in La Palma, coinciding with the resurgence of eruptive activity in the volcano after the collapse of part of one of its cones.
Last night they recorded a succession of earthquakes between 10:30pm and 12.20am, four of them with an intensity greater than 3, and only one, at 11:45pm, with a strength of 2.9 on the Richter scale.
The most intense earthquake occurred at 12.20am this morning measured at 3.7 on the Richter scale which was felt by the public, which was equalled by another tremor in Villa de Mazo also measured at 3.7.
