IT’S GONNA BLOW!
La Palma Cumbre Vieja volcano fears as experts are rushed in to check if Canary Island faces a mega-eruption
FEARS are growing for a volcano on La Palma after experts were rushed in to check if the island faces an eruption, according to reports.
Cumbre Vieja, near the tourist hotspot of Tenerife, is the most active volcano in the Canary Islands and has sparked concerns after a series of recent tremors.
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A team of scientists have now been sent in to further monitor the murmuring mountain, according to the .
The boffins will reportedly sample underground water, measuring PH levels, conductivity, temperature and radon dissolved gas activity.
The work will be carried out three times a week at four different points on the volcano, the paper claims.
Cumbre Vieja has recently been rocked by dozens of seismic movements of low magnitude between 1.5 and 2.7.
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More than 40 mini quakes struck in 48 hours between October 7 and 9.
The largest of the tremors registered 2.7 on the Richter scale and struck 17.4 miles underground.
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Hundreds more rocked the tinderbox island in jusy 15 hours from October 13-14.
The quakes have sparked fears the island's huge Cumbre Vieja, which means "Old Summit", could blow.
Shock map shows how La Palma has been hit by hundreds of earthquakes in just 15 hours sparking fresh fears volcano will erupt
Experts have warned if the huge volcano erupts, it will collapse into the sea – sparking an 80ft tsunami tidal wave that would engulf Spain, Britain and the east coast of the US.
But geologist Professor Iain Stewart said people in Britain should not be living in fear of a devastating mega tsunami sweeping towards our coast.
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