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Section of the Volcan del Charco lava flow
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Section of the Volcan del Charco lava flow
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Section of the Volcan del Charco lava flow
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An Argentona
September 23, 2023
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“On Sunday, October 9, 1712, two mouths burst, one on a small hill and another one immediately below, spewing out a great quantity of fire, stones and ash. Thus began one of the few accounts we have of the historic eruption of El Charco.
This eruption “caused great material damage in the southern area of the western face of Cumbre Vieja; there were no fatalities. The ‘ponds, 60 bushels of the best crops on the island’ and ‘two houses, haystacks and granaries’ burned until it ceased on December 3,” he concludes.
This eruption “caused great material damage in the southern area of the western face of Cumbre Vieja; there were no fatalities. The ‘ponds, 60 bushels of the best crops on the island’ and ‘two houses, haystacks and granaries’ burned until it ceased on December 3,” he concludes.
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•An Argentona
April 21, 2024
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marked 310 years since the El Charco eruption (1712), in the municipality of Fuencaliente. “On Sunday, October 9, 1712, two mouths burst, on a hill and another immediately below, …
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•An Argentona
April 21, 2024
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It indicates that it was a long eruption (56 days). It began with “two mouths that emitted from an altitude close to the Tigalate volcano towards the western slope of …
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