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At 85 days, it is the longest known and the most damaging volcanic eruption on La Palma since records began. [9] [10] [11] The total damage caused by the volcano amounts up to 843 million euros. [5] The lava flow covered over 1000 hectares, prompting the evacuation of around 7,000 people.
- 13 December 2021
- Tajogaite
- 19 September 2021
La Palma, España: Coordenadas: Fecha: 19 de septiembre de 2021, 14:10 [2] Duración: 85 días: Tipo de erupción: Fisural, estromboliana: Daños: El balance final de daños ascendió a 842,33 millones de euros [3] Víctimas: Una persona fallecida. [4]
- 85 días
- 19 de septiembre de 2021, 14:10 (UTC)[2]
Sep 30, 2021 · What happened? Lava flowed down the mountain and through villages after the crack opened in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on 19 September, throwing jets of lava and ash into the air. The red-hot liquid ...
The Cumbre Vieja ridge is active, last erupting in the 2021 La Palma eruption, which destroyed more than 2600 buildings and caused one death. Beyond Punta de Fuencaliente at the southern tip of the island, the Cumbre Vieja continues in a southerly direction as a submarine volcano .
- 708.32 km² (273.48 sq mi)
- Canary Islands
- 166 km (103.1 mi)
- Atlantic Ocean
Sep 30, 2021 · Hundreds of properties have been destroyed and thousands of people have fled their homes after a volcanic eruption on La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands. What happened?
Oct 9, 2017 · A new eruption began at La Palma on 19 September 2021 in an area on the SW flank of the island about 20 km NW of the 1971 eruption, after a multi-year period of elevated seismicity. Two fissures opened and multiple vents produced lava fountains, ash plumes, and flows that traveled over 5 km W to the sea, destroying hundreds of properties in ...
Dec 25, 2021 · A volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma has officially been declared over, after three months of spewing ash and hot molten rock. Since erupting on 19 September, the Cumbre...
