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La Palma islands volcano

Name: Anonymous 2021-09-21 8:54

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_La_Palma_eruption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja_tsunami_hazard
This thread is to discuss potential collapse of Cumbre Vieja volcano:

Ward and Day 2001 estimated that the unstable part of Cumbre Vieja would be at least 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) wide in north–south direction. In light of the behaviour of other documented sector collapses such as at Mount St. Helens, the headscarp of the unstable part of Cumbre Vieja is likely 2–3 kilometres (1.2–1.9 mi) east from the 1949 fault[1] and the toe of the sector lies at 1–3 kilometres (0.62–1.86 mi) depth below sea level. Bathymetric observations west of La Palma support this interpretation. They had not enough information with which to estimate the thickness of the block but assumed that it would have a volume of about 150–500 cubic kilometres (36–120 cu mi) and the shape of a wedge, comparable to the Cumbre Nueva giant landslide 566,000 years ago also on La Palma.[36]

Name: Anonymous 2021-09-21 9:15

La Palma volcano: Rumours of feared mega-tsunami debunked by "experts"
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/la-palma-mega-tsunami-170629848.html

Name: Anonymous 2021-09-21 9:42

But based on recent surveys of Cumbre Vieja, experts have determined that such a monumental collapse would be extremely unlikely, Dave Petley, a landslide expert at the University of Sheffield, wrote in a blog for the American Geophysical Union. More recent studies suggest that, in the very worst-case scenario, about 19 cubic miles (80 cubic kilometers) of rock might slide off the volcano during a violent eruption, generating a wave that would be 6.5 feet (2 m) tall by the time it reached the Eastern Seaboard.
https://www.livescience.com/la-palma-volcanic-eruption-2021

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