500 earthquakes detected west of Las Cañadas del Teide

The National Geographic Institute records repetitive seismic activity under the island of Tenerife over ten hours.

Generic image of a seismograph recording seismic activity.
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Generic image of a seismograph recording seismic activity.

The National Geographic Institute has detected a swarm of 500 seismic events west of Las Cañadas del Teide, in Tenerife, over a ten-hour period this weekend.

The seismic activity occurred between 6:00 PM on Friday and 4:00 AM on Saturday. According to the official body, it is a repetitive pattern similar to that observed in February, although with lower energy, which makes automatic detection and precise location more difficult.
Due to the low intensity of the signals, only three of the 500 events have been accurately located. Data indicates that the movements occurred at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers below sea level and were not felt by the island's residents.
The National Geographic Institute stated that this phenomenon is consistent with magmatic fluids circulating at depth and interacting with the rocky environment. However, they clarified that this type of isolated seismicity does not necessarily imply an evolution toward more complex volcanic activity scenarios.