El Hierro vulcano crisis (87 images)

El Pinar, El Hierro, Spain. Earthquakes Birth Volcanos on El Hierro Island Spain.Nov. 06, 2011 - Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain - Helicopter of Guardia Civil fliying over the bubble of a new submarine vulcano in Mar de Las Calmas, near La Restinga, south of El Hierro Island where the vulcano activity is increasing. La Restinga vilage had been evacuated by second time due to the CO2 increasing...Volcano was born in the last weeks. The island of El Hierro is suffering from natural earthquakes on...
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El Pinar, El Hierro, Spain. Earthquakes Birth Volcanos on El Hierro Island Spain.Nov. 06, 2011 - Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain - Helicopter of Guardia Civil fliying over the bubble of a new submarine vulcano in Mar de Las Calmas, near La Restinga, south of El Hierro Island where the vulcano activity is increasing. La Restinga vilage had been evacuated by second time due to the CO2 increasing...Volcano was born in the last weeks. The island of El Hierro is suffering from natural earthquakes on the birth of small volcanoes erupted the week a few miles from the village of La Restinga. The emissions of CO2 have decimated the marine ecosystem of the Calm Sea, a major venue of diving activities. The regional government of the Canary Islands has banned the consumption of locally caught fish. The island of El Hierro is one of the main tourist spots frequented by foreigners that is affecting the hospitality industry very hard, if not rented apartments or hotel rooms. The island is still shaken by hundreds of small earthquakes ( (more than 11.000 till Nov 5, 2011). The largest of these has been of 4.4 and is still rising. The authorities have taken all measures for the rapid evacuation of the island in large ferries and ships. Since last week, the volcano has been spewing gas and fragments of smoking lava, staining the ocean surface green and brown, as seen above..Spanish authorities have closed a port on Hierro island (map), ordered ships away from the island's village of La Restinga, and banned aircraft from flying over the island's southern tip, according to the AFP news service..Six hundred residents living at the port were evacuated Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 and night of Nov. 4, 2011 11 families from Frontera (small village in the north). Credit Image: © Delmi Alvarez.
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