MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Tammy Lee Morris – “The Hierro — or El Hierro — volcano located in the Canary Islands may be getting ready for eruption, according to information on the website Earthquake-report.com. An earthquake swarm that has numbered 700 or more small quakes under the volcano has occurred recently, raising concern that the volcano may be working up to an eruption.

What is an earthquake swarm? It is a series of small magnitude earthquakes that strike in the same location over a (usually) short time period. Earthquake swarms are common precursors and warnings to volcanic activity.

The Canary Islands are located off the northwestern coast of Africa, near the border between Morocco and Western Sahara. They are a chain of islands known as an archipelago and are legally a nationality of Spain. There are 13 islands in the archipelago and the Canaries are a popular tourist destination…

It is uncertain when El Hierro last erupted, but it is believed there may have been an eruption in 1793. The location of the current earthquake swarm is at the northwest part of the island near the El Golfo cone, which, according to Volcano Live, was the site of a landslide that was responsible for a tsunami 50,000 years ago that measured just over 300 feet in height.” Read more.

720 Earthquakes Recorded On El Hierro In The Canary Islands – “An unprecedented 720 earthquakes have been recorded on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, during the past week. The earthquake swarm has even prompted the Canary Islands Government to convene the first ever meeting of the Steering Committee and Volcanic Monitoring, reflected in the Specific Plan Protection Civil and Emergency for Volcanic Risk, given what it described ‘the significant increase in seismic activity’.” Read more.