The 24-hour volcanic surveillance network of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has located a total of 42 earthquakes associated with the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano during the night, a dozen of them with magnitudes greater than 3 (mbLg).
The maximum magnitude recorded was 4.3 (mbLg) corresponding to the earthquake located southwest of the municipality of Villa de Mazo at 04.10 hours. With intensity IV EMS and a depth of 35 km, it was felt in numerous nuclei throughout the island.
Two more earthquakes of 3.2 and 3.4 local magnitude located at 05.56 and 08.12 hours northeast of the municipality of Fuencaliente and southwest of Villa de Mazo, at 11 and 12 kilometers deep, were also felt with intensities II and III.
This Saturday, 90 earthquakes were located, the largest of 4.6 mbLg, the maximum magnitude recorded to date, occurred southwest of the municipality of Villa de Mazo at 05.41 hours. With intensity III-IV EMS and a depth of 37 km, this tremor was also felt in almost the entire island.
22 of the 38 operations scheduled at La Palma Airport for this Sunday have been canceled
A total of 22 of the 38 operations scheduled at La Palma Airport this Sunday have been canceled, according to Aena sources, who indicate that despite this situation the Airport remains operational.
Practically all the operations that have been canceled were scheduled to operate this morning, most of them inter-island flights, but two operations with Bilbao, two with Zurich and two with Madrid have also been suspended.
Companies such as Binter already announced yesterday afternoon that the latest evolution of the ash cloud, from the volcanic eruption, forced the temporary stoppage of its flights with La Palma until 12.59 hours of this day.
The different companies remain at all times attentive to the meteorological evolution, so they will try to recover the activity as soon as possible and whenever the conditions allow to resume flights guaranteeing the safety of the same.
For the moment, the rest of the flight schedule in the Archipelago continues to develop normally. However, Aena insists that cancellations have already been announced and passengers are asked to check with their airline if they are going to fly.
