The island of La Palma, in the midst of a volcanic eruption, has registered four small earthquakes during the night from Monday to Tuesday, of which at least two have been felt by its population, as reported by the National Geographic Institute (IGN).
The first quake at 21.32 (Canary time), which initially had changes in its record, reached 3.8 points of magnitude according to the IGN and was felt in Los Llanos de Aridane, Tazacorte, Barlovento, El Paso, Breña Alta and Breña Baja, Fuencaliente, Los Canarios, Villa de Mazo, San José and Santa Cruz de La Palma.
The other earthquake felt has been of 3 points of magnitude at 6.06 (Canary time), 1 kilometer deep, and has been present in a large part of Los Llanos de Aridane and El Paso.
Another of the earthquakes, in this case without records of being felt, also reached 3 points on the Richter scale and took place in El Paso 2 kilometers deep shortly before midnight.
The fourth, shortly after Tuesday started, was 2.2 points in intensity and also in El Paso and 2 kilometers deep.
The advance of the lava threatens to bury up to a thousand homes
The lava advances with force and, after starting in the pine forest area and saving the neighborhood of El Paraíso by channeling through a ravine, the devastation already buries up to 200 of those private homes, vacation villas and farms. Now the lava tongue is dangerously approaching one of the most inhabited nuclei on the outskirts of the municipality of Los Llanos: Todoque.
The advance of the lava flow predicts that it will reach the sea along the coast of Tazacorte. When that happens, it is expected to have destroyed up to a thousand homes, as reported by the newspaper LA PROVINCIA.
