Sao Jorge Experts Warn Quake Hit Azores Island Could Witness Volcanic Eruption Like Spain S La Palma World News
The island of Sao Jorge, in the mid-Atlantic Azores, has been hit by more than 20,000 small earthquakes measuring up to 3.3 on the Richter scale in the last 11 days. The tremors could be the prelude to a powerful earthquake or volcanic eruption, the first since 1808, according to scientists at the CIVISA Earthquake Observatory. The elderly and people with reduced mobility have been evacuated from Vela, the western part of the island where most of the seismic activity has been recorded....