[Geology2] El Hierro Island (Canary Islands) in 2011-12: updates New seismic swarm under the western El Golfo area

The submarine eruption of El Hierro Island (Canary Islands) in 2011-12: updates

New seismic swarm under the western El Golfo area

Update Mon 03 Sep 16:46

Location of recent quakes (red=past 48 hours)
Time and depth of quakes during the last 7 days

A new swarm of earthquakes has started yesterday and is located just north of the western El Golfo coast. So far there have been 19 quakes yesterday and 7 today. Most quakes are between magnitudes 1.5-2 and located in a narrow elongated area at about 10 km depth.