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    Volcanic eruption alert on Spanish Canary Island

    MADRID (AP) — The regional government of the Spanish Canary Island of El Hierro has issued a volcanic eruption alert following almost 10,000 small tremors recorded in the past three months.

    The government posted a yellow alert — second level in a scale of four — Sunday and closed some hillside roads and a tunnel to avoid possible injury by falling rocks.

    The island's 11,000 residents have been told to monitor communications by the civil protection authority. The island was shaken late Saturday by a 4.3-magnitude quake. Seismic activity began in the area on July 17.

    Like all the Canary Islands, El Hierro was formed by volcanic activity. It has some 500 volcanic cones.

     

    26 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  Sugar Land, Texas  •  2 mths ago
      When this eruption happens it will hit the east coast of the US and a third of the fish in the sea will die and a third of the ships will be destoryed and a third of man kind will die. If you don't belive this read the book of Revelations in the Bible.
    • Missionary Man  •  7 mths ago
      Glad to see everyone is up in the news about canary Islands!

      British Islands along with france, spain, United States, Cuba
      and many other could suffer a Great Lose!

      Huge land could slide into Ocean and scientist have known for
      years and did little about it! (To much money on a probability to spend)

      My Words Of Wisdom!
    • Brian  •  7 mths ago
      Is this the place where if the saturated mountain shears and slides down into the sea, the Atlantic gets a killer tsunami?
      • SkiBum 7 mths ago
        That's the place.
      • Phillyrican 7 mths ago
        You are correct Brian. This is the mountain that can cause billions of $ in damages and engulf miles into Eastern Coastal areas, to include the Caribean and North East Side of South America.
      • Vespasian 7 mths ago
        Actually the island you're referring to is La Palma and the volcano is Cumbre Vieja. That island is right above this island.
    • Messenger  •  7 mths ago
      A Wave of Destruction Will
      Destroy America's East Coaast

      Recently, scientists have realized that the next Mega Tsunami is likely to begin on one of the Canary Islands, off the coast of North Africa, where a wall of water will one day race across the entire Atlantic Ocean at the speed of a jet airliner to devastate the east coast of the United States, the Caribbean and Brazil.
      • JoeP 7 mths ago
        Just as long as it takes out Washington DC.
      • Elizadeath 7 mths ago
        That is on La Palma island, north of el Hierro, so it isn't likely to happen now. Also, it's still speculation that it could happen at all....just the History Channel trying to sensationalize again. The volcano on el Hierro IS going to blow, but it won't be the 'doomsday' one that people are now freaking out about.
    • Phillyrican  •  7 mths ago
      There is recorded evidence of 3 major landslides that have affected El Hierro in the last 100K years.The most recent was named 'El Golfo' landslide and it occuredd about 15K years ago, resulting in the collapse of the northern side of the island volcano. The landslide created by slide formed a valley, and with avalanche of debris of around a of volume of 150–180 km3. Deposits related to this landslide have been recognized in drill cores from the Agadir Basin to the north of the Canary Islands. A more detailed analysis of these deposits suggested that the slope failure was not cause by a single event but a series of smaller failures over a period of hours or days. The recorded local tsunamis were most likely triggered by the those landslides but no evidence has been found to confirm this though!

      Not trying to scare anyone, just some facts about the history of this volcano. I thought you'll enjoy!
    • janl  •  7 mths ago
      When it comes to mother nature doing something, just get out of her way because we can't do anything about what may take place.
    • rektree  •  7 mths ago
      Please, AP, please print a small map with stories like this that will show where things are happening. Surely you realize that most people don't have a clue.
      • J. C. 7 mths ago
        People in China know where those islands are so do most all other people in the world...the only uneducated ones are people in the US.
    • Seigneur  •  7 mths ago
      Guys this is not jokes!
      If we ever got an eruption we will have a mega-tsunami as a result.
      The Japan tsunami would be nothing compare to this one.
      Let's hope it won't happen in our life time.
      ONCE AGAIN THIS IS MORE SERIOUS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
    • LAST CALL  •  7 mths ago
      El Hierro is about 40 miles south of la palma island. la palma is the island with the tsunami landslide possibility.
    • Swiss cheese  •  7 mths ago
      Are you talking about the "La Palma" volcano for the possibility of a mass slide over the ocean and the ts....? That volcano sits on a different island. Why Ja is talking about seismic fissure in Hierro?, is he misleading us?, is there someone more knowledgeable in the Yahoosphere?
      • Marion 7 mths ago
        you must be joking - someone knowledgeable in the Yahoosphere? You probably count as a genius here - you can spell knowledgeable (and you used the word!).
    • !oohay  •  7 mths ago
      [PDF]
      Cumbre Vieja Volcano -- Potential collapse and tsunami at La ...
      wet.kuleuven.be/.../lesmateriaal.../wardday-lapalmatsunami.pdf
    • Phillyrican  •  7 mths ago
      No one can predict a volcanic eruption, but it doesn't mean people should ignore them and get complacen about it. These events could happen and based on the high concentration of populace living in areas at or near sea levels will be a disaster of Biblical proportion. We have not experience anything like that in recent times. The last two tsunamis came without warning caused by earthquakes, however a massive landslide (mountain size) would trigger a tsumani more powerful than those of recent times. Just got to take everything serious and be proactive rather than reactive as is always the case. Food for thought!
    • Paul  •  7 mths ago
      so whos going to pay up from the polution caused by this
    • John S  •  7 mths ago
      tsunami experts have predicted that a volcanic eruption (could) cause half of this island to slide into the ocean , partly because the island is made up of mostly volcanic ash to begain with , this event could cause a tsunami, the waves could reach heights of 2,000' or 650m, and travel from east to west at 600 mph. or 1k klm ph, striking the east coast of the u.s in a mater of 5-6 hours, not nearly enough time to evacuate anyone of substantial numbers,
      • J. C. 7 mths ago
        No, NOT tsunami experts and NOT geologists but a money hungry producer of an idiotic TV show posing as a legitimate science story have predicted this..
    • conyers bubba  •  7 mths ago
      the earth is in perpetual change. some changes enabled man to capitalize. other changes have and will take away major population centers. man, and his "carbon footprint," pale in comparison to other dynamic forces. change, good or bad, or un-avoidable. but God does not change. believe in the One that has not, nor ever will, change.
    • MUNTZI  •  7 mths ago
      Why Spain has been allowed to retain the Canary Islands is a mystery to me
    • J. C.  •  7 mths ago
      lol, and there are the sheep that believe that ""experts"" predict a tsunami that will wipe out the east coast of the US. Although this would not be a bad thing, it will also NOT happen.
      Because there was not one real expert ever who predicted this...it was a fake scientist who predicted this, one of those conspiracy theorist who believes all others conspire to keep ""it"" a secret someone on the fringe between reality and insanity. NO tsunami experts and NO geologists but a money hungry producer of an idiotic TV show posing as a legitimate science story have predicted this..and the feeble minded just believe everything they are told.
    • herb miles  •  7 mths ago
      Why did you not report on the possibility of the danges of the tsunami? Normal reporting for your people?
    • Solar Child  •  7 mths ago
      This IS an OMNIOUS SIGN for world-wide volcanism. The Spanish Canary Isles lay along that
      fault line which the lost continent of Atlantis was located. Atlantis was situated much like Japan is
      right on the techtonic plate fault zone and suddenly the one plate slid under the other taking all of
      Atlantis with it. I believe the current increase in vulcanism and tremor activities world-wide are
      trending towards a catasthrophic event. Now, the reason why catastrophies occur is because they occur at locales that don't have a high probability of occurence which creates a false sense
      of security and complacency. Herein, the devil is really in the details.
    • You are getting Sleepy  •  7 mths ago
      gonna kill all the canary's how sad...
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