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843 million euros (total material damage, as of December 2021) [5] Deaths. 1 [6] Lava flows (red) as of 23 November 2021. An eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, took place between 19 September and 13 December 2021. [7]
- 13 December 2021
- Tajogaite
- 19 September 2021
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?
The southern part of La Palma consists of the Cumbre Vieja, a volcanic ridge formed by numerous volcanic cones built of lava and scoria. The Cumbre Vieja ridge is active, last erupting in the 2021 La Palma eruption, which destroyed more than 2600 buildings and caused one death.
- 708.32 km² (273.48 sq mi)
- Canary Islands
- 166 km (103.1 mi)
- Atlantic Ocean
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]
Oct 9, 2017 · Multiple eruptions have occurred during the last 7,000 years at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic center on La Palma, the NW-most of the Canary Islands. The eruptions have created cinder cones and craters, and produced fissure-fed lava flows that reached the sea a number of times.
Dec 25, 2021 · 25 December 2021. Reuters. The volcano had gone quiet for more than 10 days. A volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma has officially been declared over, after three months...
La Palma is a volcanic ocean island located on the African Plate and is currently—along with Tenerife—one of the most volcanically active of the Canary Islands. Since about 125,000 years ago (~125 ka ), all subaerial eruptions on La Palma have been associated with the Cumbre Vieja, with eruptions ranging over the whole 25-kilometre-long ridge.
