Did you feel the earth move ... ?

[Nova]

No doubt the next issue of Canarian Weekly will jump on the "story" and cause some panic of its own 

[Janet]

As a point of interest, and nothing more, a new cluster of tiny tremors started to be registered at 7am today, Avcan reports. The tremors stopped around 9am and then resumed half an hour later and are still continuing at the time of posting. These tremors are below the level which IGN now records, and again there is no cause for concern ... and these tremors are far too low to be felt, heard or otherwise perceived by the public.

[Janet]

The Tenerife Cabildo has issued the following statement. I'll get a translation on my website in due course but the gist of it is that it deplores the articles today in the British press, i.e. the Express and also, now, it seems, The Sun, which have sensationalized the cluster episode here for their own purposes with absolutely no regard for truth or fact. The Cabildo confirms what I've already said in previous posts, that not one element of the tremors has been perceived in any way by any of the public, and that they are very likely related to hydrothermic systems rather than volcanic ones, and do not represent any sort of threat to public safety.

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[Malteser Monkey]

   sorry but look what I found somewhere 

surely it was written by   ***** ********

http://www.englishradionews.com/news/spain/canaries/tenerife/minor-earth-tremors-rock-tenerife/


@TOTO 99

[TOTO 99]

  sorry but look what I found somewhere 

surely it was written by   ***** ********

http://www.englishradionews.com/news/spain/canaries/tenerife/minor-earth-tremors-rock-tenerife/


@TOTO 99

No swearing in it though?....How strange...

[Malteser Monkey]

No swearing in it though?....How strange...

That's only when the Witches of Eastwick get together  @Nova & @Myrtle Hogan-Lance 

[Janet]

The Cabildo has now issued an English version of its official statement. It is this:

The Tenerife Tourism Corporation, a public entity under the Tenerife Island Government, wants to refute the incorrect information recently published by some British media in which it is stated that a volcanic eruption in Tenerife is imminent.

Such information is untrue and not based on any official reports or data. Both the Volcanology Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan) and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) – official sources on this matter – report that the island experienced a series of micro earthquakes, following a northeast-southwest direction, in the early hours of last Sunday. None of them were detected by the people of Tenerife and, as confirmed by the IGN, they were not due to any seismic activity but to low intensity tectonic movements.

Involcan states that the tremors could be related to the hydrothermal system of the volcano, and not to a magmatic intrusion, which would, in any case, be a "common situation which should not frighten anybody".

Due to its volcanic origin, Tenerife is continuously monitored and any seismic activity associated with magma would be detected in very early stages. It is worth pointing out that the last volcanic eruption that took place on the island happened over 100 years ago, causing no personal injuries of any kind.

Therefore, everything is as calm as usual in Tenerife; there have been no changes related to these micro earthquakes and there are no current risks. Everyday life remains the same in the island's cities, towns and tourist areas – the situation is totally safe. The Tenerife Tourism Corporation advises obtaining information exclusively from official sources rather than from sensationalist articles to avoid unnecessary fear and confusion.