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THE BIG ONE COMING? Volcano fears for Brit tourists after 270 earthquakes strike near holiday hotspots Tenerife and Gran Canaria in past 10 days

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THE BIG ONE COMING? Volcano fears for Brit tourists after 270 earthquakes strike near holiday hotspots Tenerife and Gran Canaria in past 10 days

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THE popular Brit holiday spots of Tenerife and Gran Canaria could be ravaged by volcanic eruptions - after scientists detected what could be warning signals.
Boffins believe a huge amount of seismic activity in the past 10 days could be sign that the volcanoes are about to blow their tops.

In this short time it's estimated there have been 270 earthquakes in the Canary Islands.

New research has concluded the quakes are likely to be caused by an underwater fault line between the islands.

The worst case scenario would be if there was a volcanic eruption at the nearby Mount Teide which is on Tenerife.

It last erupted in 1909.

The volcano in Teide National Park draws three million visitors a year but if it erupted holidaymakers would be forced to flee the affected areas.

The director of the National Seismic Network from Spain's National Geographic Institute said the biggest quake in recent days reached a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale at only about 35km from Puerto La Luz, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

According to the , a report said the fault line has not been active recently but added: "What if it started spewing magma again?

"And what if it was reactivating the Teide volcano? That would be cataclysmic."

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Just four months ago geological scientists recorded more than 200 tremors.

In fact the region was struck by up to 70 small quakes in February, reaching between magnitude 1.5 and 2.6 on the Richter scale.

But the Director of the National Seismic Network from Spain's National Geographic Institute, Emilio Carreño, downplayed the concerns.

He said most earthquakes registered in the past few days have been of tectonic origin and "are not usually associated with volcanology".

Speaking to Canary News, he added: "Right now in the Peninsula there are quite a few places at which these series are being observed, it is common during any single month to register between 100 and 600 earthquakes in areas like in the Jódar area, or in Jaén, which can experience between 400 and 500 at the same time."

It comes as the full fury of an erupting volcano was being laid bare in Hawaii with homes becoming engulfed by lava.
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THE popular Brit holiday spots of Tenerife and Gran Canaria could be ravaged by volcanic eruptions - after scientists detected what could be warning signals. Boffins believe a huge amount of seismic activity in the past 10 days could be sign that the volcanoes are about to blow their tops.

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