The Scientific Committee of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Attention to Emergencies due to Volcanic Risk (Pevolca), meeting this Thursday, has recommended to the Plan’s management to keep the volcanic traffic light in yellow in the Cumbre Vieja area, covering the municipalities of Fuencaliente, Los Llanos of Aridane, El Paso and Mazo, and does not rule out that it will intensify in the short term.
According to experts, in recent hours the record of seismic activity has continued, verifying a decrease in the number of earthquakes and their magnitude.
Thus, shallow seismicity (between 1 and 3 kilometers) of low magnitude continues, adding in the last 12 hours a seismicity at intermediate depths of between 4 and 5 kilometers.
In addition, the deformation has increased reaching an accumulated value of 10 centimeters, very localized in the environment of the seismicity.
The committee also explains that the process continues and may have a rapid evolution in the short term, with the occurrence of felt earthquakes of greater intensity being expected.
The Scientific Committee is coordinated by the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands and is made up of representatives of the National Geographic Institute (IGN), Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC); The Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (Involcan), the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME), the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the University of La Laguna and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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