The north face of the La Palma volcano has collapsed and caused a new eruption of lava

The north face of the cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano (La Palma) suffered partial collapse last night, which resulted in the emission of casts in various directions.

As for the rash, it continues to maintain the same behavior as the previous days with a volcanic explosiveness that continues at level 2 of a scale with a maximum of 8.

Likewise, the lava emission is concentrated in the centers of the main crater and no other emission center should open outside this area, as reported Involcan.

For its part, the lava has covered, since the start of the eruption on Sunday, September 19, a total of 480.5 hectares affecting or destroying 1,149 buildings and infrastructure to date, according to satellite data from the European Union’s Copernicus program.

The ash cloud goes south

At the same time, the latest report from the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAAC) indicates that the ash cloud caused by the volcano, which will be active for three weeks tomorrow, has turned south.

In this regard, the air traffic controllers explained that the change in orientation that has taken place in the last few hours left the area of ​​Tenerife free, whose two airports -Tenerife Norte and Tenerife Sur- operate normally, not at La Palma, which continues to not operate although the situation is analyzed in the morning.

Air quality remains “regular”

Among the parameters that are monitored around volcanic activity, two are in the spotlight this Friday: air quality, which remains “regular”, according to the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca), and seismicity.

In the Aridane Valley, where there have been some specific measures that have exceeded the sulfur dioxide alert levels and then recovered, neighbors can lead normal lives, but with a mask, and only It is recommended to go out as little as possible and always with an FFP2 mask for those who suffer from lung or bronchial ailments, asthma, heart problems, pregnant women and young children.

These sulfur dioxide peaks have been specific to El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane, since They only occurred during this last morning and the rest of the day the values ​​were normal.

Forty earthquakes at night

Finally, the National Geographic Institute (IGN) located overnight a quarantine of earthquakes in La Palma -between 11:36 p.m. and 6:49 a.m.-, the most important at 25:55 southwest of Villa de Mazo with a magnitude of 4.1 and a depth of 39 kilometers.

Between October 6 and 8, the IGN reported 180 earthquakes in the area affected by the volcanic reactivation since 10:00 a.m. GMT last Wednesday, 56 of which were felt by the population. The biggest earthquake (4.3) took place Thursday at a depth of 35 kilometers.

The “seismic swarm” remains active in the south of the island, in the communes of Mazo and Fuencaliente, and average depths between approximately 11 and 15 kilometers although some have also been recorded over 30 kilometers.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)

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