Daily updates from the Tajogaite 2021 eruption

La Palma eruption update, 1st october 2021: Effusive vents open north of the main cone

At 2:30 am local time, two new effusive vents 15...
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La Palma eruption update 2nd october 2021: Number of earthquakes increases

Based upon improved meteorological conditions and air quality levels, the...
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La Palma eruption update 3rd october 2021: The lava flow field is up to 1 km wide

The explosivity of the eruption has increased, with activity being...
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La Palma eruption update 4th october 2021: Lava largely follows existing channels

In the first official assessment of the classification of the...
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La Palma eruption update 5th october 2021: 420 hectares now covered by lava flows

The two effusive vents that opened a few hundred metres...
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La Palma eruption update 6th october 2021: The eruption remains relatively stable

A relatively stable period in the eruption continues, both in...
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La Palma eruption update 7th october 2021: Earthquake activity intensifies

A relatively stable period in the eruption continues, both in...
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La Palma eruption update 8th october 2021: Airport operations affected by ash

The breakout lava flow that emerged on the 7th near...
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La Palma eruption update 9th october 2021: Partial cone collapse creates two new lava streams

In the night between the 8th-9th, a partial collapse of...
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La Palma eruption update 10th october 2021: New land to the north of affected by lava flows

The lava flows to the north of the lava flow...
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La Palma eruption update 11th october 2021: Smoke from burning buildings forces confinements

A confinement of several population centres in Los Llanos de...
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La Palma eruption update 12th october 2021: More evacuations ordered

The confinement of several areas on the morning of the...
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La Palma eruption update 13th October 2021: La Laguna at risk from lava flows

The lava flows to the north of the flow field...
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La Palma eruption update 14th october 2021: 400 more people in La Laguna evacuated

New evacuations, on the night of the 13th and then...
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La Palma eruption update 15th october 2021: Advance of lava flows speeds up

The eruption continues to show a mixed strombolian mechanism, with...
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La Palma eruption update 16th october 2021: Advance of lava flows slows

Although the effusive phase of the eruption continues to be...
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La Palma eruption update 17th october 2021: The airport continues to be affected by ash

The eruption continues to show a strombolian mechanism with mixed...
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La Palma eruption update 18th october 2021: New advisories to the population due to poor air quality

The eruption continues as in the previous days, with a...
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La Palma eruption update 19th october 2021: The northern lava front is 100 m from the coast

The self-protection recommendation announced yesterday for the population of El...
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La Palma eruption update 20th october 2021: Further preventative evacuations ordered

The two active lava flows to the north of the...
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