A 2.7-degree earthquake was registered off the west coast of Lanzarote yesterday morning.
The tremor occurred at sea, around 100 kilometres west of Lanzarote. Earth tremors of this magnitude are fairly common, and similar small tremors were detected on two occasions last year.
Meanwhile, scientists are reassuring citizens that there is currently no reason to fear a volcanic eruption on Mount Teide in Tenerife after the detection of three swarms of earth tremors this month.
The swarms involved hundreds of low-level tremors, too small to be detected by the population of the islands and are the most sustained examples of volcanic activity in recent years.
However, no indications of rising magma have yet been detected, and Tenerife remains on green alert, the lowest level of risk. In comparison, the island of La Palma has been on yellow alert since the end of the eruption in 2021.
