The impressive view of the volcanic eruption taken by the Sentinel 2 satellite.
The earth had never shaken so much in recent weeks in La Palma, Canary Islands, where the activity of the volcano of Cumbre Vieja is still worrying. 37 earthquakes have been recorded in a few hours.
After the “tsunami of lava” observed on Friday and several earthquakes, the ground moved again around the volcano of La Palma this Saturday at dawn as a new eruption mouth opened.
During the night of Friday to Saturday, no less than 37 earthquakes were recorded on the island of La Palma, including one of 4.6 magnitude. It is the most powerful ever felt since the beginning of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano just one month ago. The aftershock was equally disturbing as it was recorded at 4.5 magnitude. In total, 4 of these 37 earthquakes had a magnitude greater than 4. The day before, an earthquake of 4.5 was recorded on the island.
The lava continues to flow at a crazy speed. This Saturday, around noon, it was traveling 1.3 kilometers per hour…
As for the new mouth of lava flow appeared in the day of Friday and located at 300m in the south of the main one, the specialists finally indicated that it was an old mouth reactivated by the recent eruption. Since this Saturday, it spits out mainly ashes.
After a swarm of earthquakes recorded on September 15, the volcano of Cumbre Vieja entered in eruption on September 19. For almost a month, the lava has covered 736.9 hectares and has even gained space on the sea.
