Some shallow and low-magnitude earthquakes persist but were not felt by the population

Some shallow and low-magnitude earthquakes persist but were not felt by the population

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Continued observation of geological activity as La Palma government organises the return or relocation of the population and reduction of the exclusion zone around the eruptive centre

Data type: Geological report
Groups: Seismic activity

During the last 7 days, since the last communication (Jan 18th at 9:00 UTC), 75 earthquakes have been located on the island. The magnitudes are between 0.8 and 2.5 (mbLg). None of these earthquakes has been felt by the population. No earthquakes deeper than 19 km were recorded (IGN, 2022).

This video taken on the 23rd of January 2022. Shows temperature and gas measurements been taken from the core of lava flows. Sourced from IGME (2022)

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