Tenerife volcano warning after 'seismic swarm' hits Canary Islands

Mount Teide in Tenerife (Image: Getty) Scientists are reporting a "seismic swarm" in Tenerife, as island authorities prepare for a possible volcanic eruption. The Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan) said it had detected dozens of small earthquakes. Twenty-six of these occurred in the southwest sector of the Las Cañadas del Teide crater, the island's largest volcano .

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Log('[Load] OVP tcfLoaded',new Date())})}},1500)}) However, the biggest recorded magnitude of the tremors measured just 1.2 on the Richter scale. READ MORE: Insane photos show another huge volcano eruption as thousands flee their homes A view of the Las Cañadas del Teide crater (Image: Getty) Since June 2017 Tenerife has seen a.