La Palma volcano: more tremors were recorded and increased sulfur dioxide | Two more rivers of lava formed

The situation of the Canary Island of La Palma by the eruption of Cumbre Vieja Volcano, which started its activity 20 days ago, is getting darker and darker. Satellite images revealed that lava covered 709 hectares and the disaster count indicates that 1,005 buildings were affectedof which 981 were destroyed; and 27.7 kilometers of roads were destroyed. In the last few hours it has been recorded a tremor of 3.5 degrees on the Richter scale.

Satellite monitoring by the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain indicated that two new rivers of lava have formed in the last hours and they head west through two ravines, towards the main current which has already reached the sea, on the Atlantic archipelago of the Canaries.

Meanwhile, the National Geographic Institute reported that at 9:30 p.m. last night (2:30 a.m. Argentina time) a Seismic movement of magnitude 3.5 in the municipality of Mazo, 13 kilometers deep.

The management of the Volcanic Emergency Plan of the Canary Islands maintains active all precautionary measures towards the population, both with regard to the maritime and terrestrial exclusion zones, as well as those which were evacuated at the start of the eruption.

What is the environmental damage caused by the eruption of the volcano

This tremor was the first of various earthquakes and this happened just three hours after a precedent was recorded at Fuencaliente, 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale and also 13 kilometers deep.

On the other hand, the environmental damage that the eruption of the volcano causes throughout the island of La Palma is also under control. Some monitoring stations have detected an increase in sulfur dioxide concentration (SO2).

For the moment, emissions which for the moment do not represent a health risk, as considered by the Department of Homeland Security (DSN).

In the last hours, the volcano continued its eruptive process “showing episodes of increased and decreased activity and generating an active flow through which the magma continues to flow, until it flows into the sea in the coastal area of ​​Tazacorte, ”describes the latest DSN report.

The issuance of water vapor and gas in the area of ​​contact of the lava with sea water maintains an active cloud (maritime plume), which is monitored and monitored by scientists.