Description
Activation date: 2021-09-15
Event type: Volcanic activity
Activation reason:
Since 11 September 2021, a swarm of seismic activity had been ongoing in the southern part of the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma (Cumbre Vieja region). The volcano was under strict surveillance after more than 22,000 tremors were reported in one week.The increasing frequency, magnitude, and shallowness of the events were an indication of a pending volcanic eruption; which occurred on 19 September, leading to evacuation of people in the vicinity.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Ground deformation in La Palma Island, Spain (2021-09-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5a7f0e88-1919-4db8-93be-d0a5b7a351fa
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSN112 ESP Mapping Risk and Recovery Mapping Spain Volcanic activity
Data access
Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.
Spatial coverage
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WKT | POLYGON ((-18.00702 28.85754, -17.72424 28.85754, -17.72424 28.45277, -18.00702 28.45277, -18.00702 28.85754)) |
Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2022-01-10
- Modified date
- 2022-01-10
- Issued date
- 2021-09-15
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN112
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/5a7f0e88-1919-4db8-93be-d0a5b7a351fa
- Popularity
-