El Hierro – harmonic tremors and strong whirpool activity

El Hierro – harmonic tremors and strong whirpool activity

The whirlpool activity at El Hierro is still very strong and so is the harmonic tremor graph who is still saturated.  The current activity is needed to feed at least 3 active vents who are spewing magmatic material into the sea.  Sometime later today or later

El Hierro on “StandBy”

El Hierro on “StandBy”

The activity of the underwater volcanic eruption on the island of El Hierro has declined for now. The deformation of the island has stabilized and in some areas has decreased.CSIC researcher explained that they have collected samples of basalt, which shows that there

El Hierro on alert – Eruption vent: 5 km from Restinga at 600 meter depth

El Hierro on alert – Eruption vent: 5 km from Restinga at 600 meter depth

At 9 PM UTC yesterday, authorities have finally confirmed that an eruption took place on the ocean floor 5 km from Restinga, the southernmost location on El Hierro. IGN (Spanish seismological agency) has set the eruption depth at 600 meters. The alert level remains at