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Holiday go-ers are petrified as fears dramatically increase that a volcano on the island of Tenerife may go off in the immediate future.

Over the weekend almost a hundred mini-earthquakes took place in the space of just four hours, leading experts to declare the spontaneous goings on as utterly ‘abnormal’.

One of the micro-quakes measured as high as 1.5 on the Richter scale.

The spike in seismic activity took place incredibly close to Mount Tiede on Sunday, according to the Volcanology Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan), leading many to fear an eruption is set to take place soon.

This fear is only furthered by the fact that there is far too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – a sign that an eruption is imminent.

Worryingly, there a thousands of people living incredibly close to Mount Tiede, all of whom are terrified that there is no real evacuation plan in place if the mountain does indeed erupt.

The dormant Mount Tiede hasn’t erupted since 1909 however due to the random surge in mini-earthquakes it could go off any minute.

Date
2016.10.05 / 10:58
Author
Valeh Mammadli
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