O The central cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano split on the north wall and generated a new flow of magma that flows through the island at temperatures over 1200 ° C towards the sea, which could have triggered a second fajan.
The first peninsula of magma, generated by the volcano, active since September 19, already has an area of more than 32 hectares and, being close to the plate limit, threatens to plunge into colder waters and cause hydromagmatic explosions that can destroy the still unstable fajan. in a place that was once called Praia Nova.
A nova fajã, according to the latest magma flow, may have appeared 600 meters to the north., in the area of Los Selemines Viejos. Hair less two more quarters of La Palma were “buried” by the new lava river., flows at a speed of 50 meters per hour.
The volcano took effect on 19 September and the magma flow reached the sea in the Tazacorte area around midnight on Tuesday 28 September and activity has now increased again.
Contact of lava with temperatures over a thousand degrees Celsius and seawater with a temperature of about 20 degrees caused a cloud of acid gases, which forced them to restrict nearby populations, and immediately began to form a peninsula, extending the territory. islands.
A pile of lava gave birth to what is called fajã, name given to the flat peninsulas created in the Macaronesian islands (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde) with lava entering the sea.
La Palma has two famous fahanas, French and Barlavento, but there is another terrain superimposed on the sea the eruption of the volcano San Juan in 1949, which has become a fertile field for growing banana trees.
The last known eruption before the current one was the eruption Volcano Tenegia in 1971, which lasted 24 days and captured from the sea an area of two square kilometers, known today as Ecentiv Beach.
Growing peninsula is already at a distance of more than 500 meters from the coastline and at a depth of 30 meters…
O the land increased to an island, oddly enough, is the property of the Spanish state.that are part of the national geological heritage and therefore fall under the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Act.
The total surface affected by magma on the island of Palma, Canary Islands already exceeds 525 hectares, a perimeter of 36 kilometers and a maximum width of 1520 meters., including more than 120 hectares of sown area, mainly banana trees.
Latest loss data points to at least 1281 buildings were damaged, including 1186 completely destroyed…
More than 38 km of roads were destroyed and at least 3.1 km were partially damaged by lava., total more than 6,000 hectares were affected near the volcano.
The volcano continues to spew large amounts of lava, and given the current seismic activity recorded at Cumbre Vieja, around 120 earthquakes this Sunday, the warning remains, but air quality remains “good enough” given the island’s “active eruption”, experts say.
