El Hierro
Posted by JAC on 7/26/2011, 12:43 pm
A series of more than 500 tremors struck the Canary Islands over the  past several days.

This could indicate an imminent eruption of El Hierro, a volcano on the southwestern area of the Canaries.

There has been concern over the past decade that an eruption of this volcano could produce a landslide triggering a tsunami over 100 meters high which could devastate portions of the eastern coast of the United States

The last eruption occurred more than 200 years ago.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro

http://www.volcanolive.com/hierro.html



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