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The 2011 submarine volcanic eruption in El Hierro (Canary Islands)
Author(s) -
Carracedo Juan Carlos,
Torrado Francisco Pérez,
González Alejandro Rodríguez,
Soler Vicente,
Turiel José Luis Fernández,
Troll Valentin R.,
Wiesmaier Sebastian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2012.00827.x
Subject(s) - archipelago , submarine , volcano , geology , submarine volcano , seismology , vulcanian eruption , archaeology , geography , oceanography
Forty years after the Teneguía Volcano (La Palma, 1971), a submarine eruption took place off the town of La Restinga, south of El Hierro, the smallest and youngest island of the Canarian Archipelago. Precursors allowed an early detection of the event and its approximate location, suggesting it was submarine. Uncertainties derived from insufficient scientific information available to the authorities during the eruption, leading to disproportionate civil protection measures, which had an impact on the island's economy—based primarily on tourism—while residents experienced extra fear and distress.