Canary Islands Volcano
Sunnie (guest) 06 Oct 2011 03:53
Is this really a threat to the entire world?
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Canary Islands Volcano
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Sunnie (guest) 06 Oct 2011 03:53
Uh. There are actually more than one volcano in the Islands, though I assume you are talking about the Canary Hotspot? (Please note that there are more than just one volcanic hotspot in the Atlantic ocean). I've not seen or read anything that suggests that these volcanoes are a danger to the world beyond the local populace. Do you have some links? Or something a little more specific? I'm not trying to be rude, its just that I'm not exactly sure what you've read or seen.
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Hi
I remember seeing a documentary on the Canary Hotspot. According to the programme, the main danger, would be a tidal wave, affecting the coastlines of the Atlantic. Ireland would have a 5 hour window to clear it's coastlines, if I remember correctly. The programme did not mention world wide devastation but the blast would be more of a local affect.
Will o live in a coastline of the Atlantic ocean and that's making me worry now, how bad this could be? :(
Thats all worrying omg
Yeah, it would be, if the island affected by this swarm was La Palma,and the volcano affected by it was Cumbre Vieja.
And it isn't.
The island affected is El Hierro, and the volcano affected is Pico de Malpaso, which last erupted in 1973.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked, I didn't hear news of a tsunami that devastated entire continents happening in the early 70s.
Belated, but a slight amendment, seeing as I was reading too quickly. Last eruption was debated to be in 1793, and the last eruption on the island chain was, funnily enough, Cumbre, in 1971.
I don't see records of a towering tsunami in the late 18th century, still, nor do I see any for the sixth, when Malpaso last erupted as far as we know, since uncertainty surrounds the 1700s eruption.
All the more reason for you to get a Wikidot account and enjoy the benefits of an edit button, DT.
You will be fine. The documentary is based on the assumation that if Cumbre Vieja erupts, then MAYBE a massive slab of rock twice the volume of the Isle of Man would break away from the island of La Palma and smash into the Atlantic Ocean to cause a tsunami. But then firstly we need it to erupt and as DT said, this tidal wave did not occur before.
But secondly, this has nothing to do with 2012.
I have also heard about Cumbre Vieja, but found this on line while doing some digging and wonder if there is a connection with the post from Sunnie. Between July and Sept this year there was a swarm of earhquakes on El Hierrio (the Canary Islands smallest island) which caused an evacuation of amongst others approx 50 tourists and locals based very near the mountain (in case of landslides). As I understand it the last confirmed eruption in El Hierro was over 2500 years ago even though El Hierro has the highest number of volcanoes of all the islands.
Volcanologist Juan Carlos Carracedo has summarised that an eruption on El Hierro would “not be a major surprise”. He further stated that “It is the youngest of the Canary Islands. There is a ball of magma which is rising to the surface and it is stationed at the limit of the earth’s crust. At the moment we do not know if that ball of magna will break the crust and cause an eruption.”
IGN Director, María José Blanco said that any eruption on El Hierro would most likely have a “low explosion value
Sadly if you google El Hierro earthquakes, surprise surprise you get the usual websites promoting doom and gloom, end of the world, blah blah blah. Evidence for an eruption as I read it appears cautionary, increased carbon dioxide emissions are indicative of an eruption, however incresed seismic activity does not always result in eruption.
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