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Tenerife Logs 84 Small Quakes Near Teide as City Crafts Eruption Contingency Plan

Spain's seismic agency says the swarm does not indicate a heightened eruption risk in the coming weeks and continues real-time monitoring.

Overview

  • The National Geographic Institute detected the events in the western Las Cañadas area, locating about 59 so far with figures described as provisional.
  • Scientists reported two concentrated low-frequency pulses early Saturday and Sunday at depths of roughly 8 km and 21 km with low magnitudes.
  • Santa Cruz de Tenerife has created a specialised technical unit to design shelter and essential services planning, aiming to bolster readiness for a potential eruption.
  • Officials offered differing tones, with Mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez warning of uncertainty over how an eruption might develop and Cabildo president Rosa Dávila downplaying speculation.
  • Teide and Tenerife are under continuous surveillance through a network of more than 100 stations tracking seismicity, ground deformation and geochemistry.