The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has called for more than calm 14,000 earthquakes registered since last March 19 in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. A figure that represents more than double that all recorded earthquakes in 2021.
More than 14,000 earthquakes in 9 days
The population of the Autonomous Community of Azores fears that the intense seismic activity recorded in the area since last Saturday ending in an eruption. In fact, there are some islands like the one in Saint George what is in maximum alert since Wednesday due to the high probability of ejection of lava or volcanic gases.
The Portuguese President visited this island today and asked the inhabitants to be calm. He also assured that everything is controlled and there is no reason “to get into a situation of unjustified alarmism”. Likewise, he has asked to trust the experts who are monitoring activity at the moment, observing and studying everything and “seeing the different scenarios that can be placed”.
On the other hand, he has also demanded that people stay in their homes and not leave the place, as thousands of people in Velas municipality have already done: “The most obvious and natural reaction is that people remain calm, trust the experts, who know and are studying this issue, and they are the first who, at the first signal that the population is actually compelled to behave in a certain way, they tell the rulers, and the rulers will transmit it,” he nuanced
Activity above normal
As explained by the Azores Seismovolcanic Monitoring and Information Center (CIVISA), the seismic activity recorded for 9 days in the central part of the island of São Jorge, in a sector between Velas and Fajã do Ouvidor, “continues above normal. “
La Palma is reactivated
Exactly when they are fulfilled 3 months from that the volcano old peakin La Palma, will stop ejecting lava and material to the outside, the earth keep shaking. These days INVOLCAN has recorded a swarm of long term seismic events. In particular, scholars point to more than 60 small events are located at depths between 10 and 15 km.