Signs imply shows that the end of the volcanic eruption is near on the Spanish island of La Palma, a vulcanologist at the Spanish Geographic Institute (IGN) has said. “We have been careful with our predictions, but everything seems to show that we are close to the end of the eruption. Since the eruption started, we began to see that the seismic activity was energetic for several weeks until just over a week ago, as we started to find that the system didn’t have as much energy as before. What we see is that has been very stable for the past 10 days. It’s stopped. In the previous weeks, when it was more intense and explosive, we saw deformations.” Elena Gonzalez Alonso said.
According to the latest data from the Copernicus satellite, lava from the volcano covered 997 hectares of land, destroying around 2,200 buildings on its way to the ocean.
The lava has also created over 41 hectares of new land, and a 72-year-old man died while clearing ash off the roof of a house in the affected area.