Question: in which of the following country the Cumbre Vieja volcano is located?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Japan
d) Philippine
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- On 19 September 2021; eruptions started in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
- It should be noted these eruptions started in Cabeza de Vaca, in the Montana Rajada Mountains and in the Las Manchas section of El Paso municipality.
- It should be noted that no lava has emerged since 1971 from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma.
- Only it has occasionally twitched, convulsed, and rumbled, but this time it came out in furious manner.
- On September 19, at 3:12 p.m. local time rising magma from several fissures on its western flanks, tore open and an extravagant eruption began.
- Gradual course of events-
- An earthquake swarm started under Cumbre Vieja on 11 September 2021.
- It slowly migrated to the surface, with earthquakes up to around 3.5 on the Richter scale and over 25,000 recorded in the space of a 10 days.
- On 19 September 2021 the volcano started erupting, in Cabeza de Vaca and other nearby sections.
- A yellow warning was issued, covering 35,000 people in the municipalities of Los Llanos de Aridane, Fuencaliente, El Paso and Villa de Mazo.
Links:-
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148875/cumbre-vieja-lights-up-the-night