Strong Quake And Rapid Inflation In The Canary Islands

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The Daily Sheeple, By: Chris Carrington, 12/28/2013

THE ERUPTIVE SOURCE AT EL HIERRO ISLAND

A 5.4 earthquake yesterday marked a change in the small, low level earthquake swarm that have been a feature of life in the Canary Islands for more than two years. The underwater volcano that appeared just off the coast of El Hierro two years ago has also changed in height, increasing more than  four inches in just a couple of days. This rapid inflation is increasing in pace, and harmonic tremors have been recorded, and they also are increasing as the day moves on. Both the rise in height and the increasing harmonic tremor indicates that magma is moving into the system and that the pressure is building within the volcano.

 

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