{"id":84878,"date":"2021-09-19T15:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84878"},"modified":"2021-09-19T15:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:40:57","slug":"spanish-canary-island-of-la-palma-famous-for-megatsunami-danger-sees-major-volcanic-eruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84878","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Canary Island of La Palma Famous for Megatsunami Danger Sees Major Volcanic Eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Volcano Erupts On Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands Following Earthquake Swarm<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish Canary island of La Palma has experienced a volcanic eruption after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/swarm-700-earthquakes-rattles-canary-islands-sparking-speculation-volcanic-eruption\">swarm of earthquakes<\/a>\u00a0had been recorded in the last week.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the eruption, a 3.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded just 300 feet below the surface on Saturday. On Sunday morning, more tremors were felt ahead of the eruption that spewed a large cloud of dust and smoke into the air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439595934661423104&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fweather%2Fvolcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm&amp;sessionId=01484cffaa8958166484b2c4ea17465a37f8c25b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439595934661423104\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439599165399523332&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fweather%2Fvolcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm&amp;sessionId=01484cffaa8958166484b2c4ea17465a37f8c25b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439599165399523332\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439595336910229504&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fweather%2Fvolcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm&amp;sessionId=01484cffaa8958166484b2c4ea17465a37f8c25b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439595336910229504\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439603470466576392&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fweather%2Fvolcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm&amp;sessionId=01484cffaa8958166484b2c4ea17465a37f8c25b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439603470466576392\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The swarm of earthquakes began around the Cumbre Vieja area on Sept. 11. Since then, more than 6,600 small earthquakes have been registered in the area. We first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/swarm-700-earthquakes-rattles-canary-islands-sparking-speculation-volcanic-eruption\">noted<\/a>\u00a0the possibility of eruption last Wednesday when the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan) said there&#8217;s reason to believe the seismic swarm is due to magma slowly rising to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, local officials reported a sensor at the volcano took a reading of the &#8220;highest Helium-3 levels in 30-years.&#8221; The gas is considered a message from the mantel about future volcanic activity.<\/p>\n<p>Cumbre Vieja volcano has been the talk of some wild theories, such as, if the eruption is large enough, it could unleash a megatsunami. Steven Ward first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/websites.pmc.ucsc.edu\/~ward\/papers\/La_Palma_grl.pdf\">explained<\/a>\u00a0this theory in research from the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mega.jpg?itok=DkDM50E3\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mega.jpg?itok=DkDM50E3\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/mega.jpg?itok=DkDM50E3\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"453\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3f02d99a-9508-42bd-9359-460f63373544\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The volcano last\u00a0erupted in 1971, considered one of the most active volcanoe of the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p><em>*This story is developing&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/volcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/volcano-erupts-spains-canary-islands-following-earthquake-swarm<\/a><\/p>\n<footer class=\"NodeContent_footer__2EL1s\"><span class=\"NodeContent_footerStat__jxP8v ViewCount_container__2xsb-\"><i class=\"fas fa-eye\"><\/i>52,<\/span><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volcano Erupts On Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands Following Earthquake Swarm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}