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Teide volcano (Teneriffe Island): tiny earthquake swarm
Small earthquake swarm under Teide volcano on 14 June 2019 (image: IGN)
Sunday, Jun 16, 2019
A small earthquake swarm occurred last Friday (14 June) under the SE flank of Teide volcano. It was a very weak event which doesn't suggest that the volcano is about to awake in a near future. ... [more]
Teide volcano (Tenerife Island, Canaries): magnitude 3 earthquake under the volcano
Location of today's earthquake under Teide volcano
Friday, Jan 06, 2017
A shallow magnitude 3 earthquake occurred almost directly under the summit of Teide volcano in 3 km depth today (at 12:18 UTC). ... [more]
 

Tenerife volcano

shield volcano 3715 m, Canary Islands (Spain), 28.27°N / -16.64°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (29 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Sat, 19 Oct 19:36 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 19 Oct 2019
Sat, 19 Oct 10:43 UTCM 1.6 / 15 km - [info]Tenerife (9 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Se Santiago Del Teide.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Fri, 18 Oct 2019
Fri, 18 Oct 23:19 UTCM 0.9 / 7 km - [info]Tenerife (12 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Fri, 18 Oct 22:56 UTCM 0.6 / 5 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
Thu, 17 Oct 14:00 UTCM 0.7 / 2 km - [info]Tenerife (5 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) S Los Realejos.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Thu, 17 Oct 14:00 UTCM 0.9 / 3 km - [info]Tenerife (5 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) S Los Realejos.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Thu, 17 Oct 09:03 UTCM 1.6 / 18 km - [info]Tenerife (22 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw Arico.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 (7 earthquakes)
Wed, 16 Oct 14:45 UTCM 1.4 / 23 km - [info]Tenerife (19 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) S Arico.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 09:27 UTCM 0.6 / 3 km - [info]Tenerife (11 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Nw Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 09:27 UTCM 0.5 / 6 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 05:03 UTCM 0.8 / 6 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 05:03 UTCM 0.5 / 7 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 04:09 UTCM 0.7 / 8 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Wed, 16 Oct 04:09 UTCM 1.2 / 8 km - [info]Tenerife (15 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Tue, 15 Oct 17:10 UTCM 1.1 / 2 km - [info]Tenerife (4 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw La Guancha.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Tue, 15 Oct 17:10 UTCM 0.5 / 6 km - [info]Tenerife (3 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) S La Guancha.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Tue, 15 Oct 01:52 UTCM 0.1 / 3 km - [info]Tenerife (8 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) S Los Realejos.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Tue, 15 Oct 01:52 UTCM 0.8 / 1 km - [info]Tenerife (9 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Se Los Realejos.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 (8 earthquakes)
Mon, 14 Oct 23:08 UTCM 0.7 / 14 km - [info]Tenerife (5 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) NE GU (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 23:08 UTCM 2.0 / 30 km - [info]Tenerife (19 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) ATL (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 23:07 UTCM 0.5 / 13 km - [info]Tenerife (6 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) NE GU (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 13:01 UTCM 0.5 / 6 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 13:01 UTCM 0.6 / 5 km - [info]Tenerife (14 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Sw Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 13:01 UTCM 0.9 / 8 km - [info]Tenerife (16 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Vilaflor De Chasna.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 03:47 UTCM 1.1 / 1 km - [info]Tenerife (12 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) NE GU (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Mon, 14 Oct 03:47 UTCM 1.4 / 10 km - [info]Tenerife (10 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Ne GuÍa De Isora.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Sun, 13 Oct 21:21 UTCM 0.2 / 5 km - [info]Tenerife (15 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) N Adeje.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Sun, 13 Oct 21:21 UTCM 0.7 / 7 km - [info]Tenerife (15 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Nw Adeje.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Sat, 12 Oct 2019
Sat, 12 Oct 21:38 UTCM 0.3 / 3 km - [info]Tenerife (11 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) Nw Fasnia.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Sat, 12 Oct 21:37 UTCM 0.9 / 11 km - [info]Tenerife (13 km) - Canary Islands (Spain) W Fasnia.itf (Spain)
[Map]		IGN
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.3*10^8 J (37.3 KWh) [learn more]

Earthquake statistics

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