Spain's Canary Islands were hit by a string of earthquakes this week, including at least ten in the space of just 24 hours.
Since Monday 4 September, three tremors with a magnitude of three or greater have rocked the surrounding area, prompting experts to look deeper into trends and evaluate risks to locals.
At 4am on Monday, an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred due west of the archipelago.
Twenty minutes later, another earthquake measuring 1.6 struck in the Atlantic between tourist hotspot Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Four more were recorded in the area that day, before a 3.2 Richter tremor hit the populated area of El Pinar.
The low level quakes, which come as the islands are still recovering from devastating wildfires last month, have continued to buffet the region, with a 3.0 magnitude event taking place in the surrounding ocean. Webmaster addition:
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Mike Rivero: The concern here is the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma. The western flank is showing clear signs of slippage. Were a quake or eruption result in that mass sliding off into the Atlantic, the resulting tsunami would reach the US east coast!
Me: Mt St Helens in Washington state has had 100 quakes in the past few days.
In October 2024 we will have the same planetary alignment of the 4 gas giants( Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter as we had in 79 AD when Mt Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii.
Earthquakes often correlate with the Full Moon which in October 2024 is on the 2nd.