Langs het wandelpad in Vilaflor
Om nog even terug te komen op het persbericht in de Telegraaf van gisteren, waarin ondermeer aardschokken op Tenerife vermeld werden en Villaflor genoemd word als trainings kamp van Cris Froome.Hier een stukje in de plaatselijke Engels talige pers(direct vertaald van Spaans)
In view of this morning’s various misleading reports in the British tabloids, the Canarian Vulcanology Institute has issued a formal statement about the recent seismic tremors in Tenerife. INVOLCAN says:
The volcanic activity on Tenerife is typical of a dormant volcano
Volcano monitoring on Tenerife follows the highest international standards
Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (02/11/2017). Tenerife is an oceanic active volcanic island and as a typical active volcanic system, has background seismic activity related to its volcanism. Seismic swarms are common in active volcanoes even during dormant periods, and Tenerife is currently experiencing a period of dormant volcanic activity.
The volcano-monitoring programme on Tenerife follows the highest international standards using permanent networks of instruments, as well as periodic scientific campaigns of observation. These instruments enable us to monitor the seismicity, gas emissions and ground deformation with an unprecedented level of detail.
Therefore, volcanism makes Tenerife Island an attractive tourist destination and the existence of a multidisciplinary programme for its volcanic surveillance, following the guidelines of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), also makes Tenerife a safe tourist destination.
In addition to the volcano-monitoring programme, Tenerife island – as well as the other oceanic active volcanoes in the Canaries – counts on a Special Plan of Civil Protection and Emergency Response for Volcanic Risk in the Canary Islands (PEVOLCA) to respond to any kind of volcanic emergency. According to the indications of PEVOLCA, the volcano alert level is currently in GREEN position, the lowest one; therefore, people can carry out their activities normally.
Original post 1 October: The earth has moved for some in the Canaries over the last few days, after a cluster of seismic tremors in Tenerife and La Palma, as well as in the sea between Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Most active were the tremors in Guía de Isora, in the area above Puerto Santiago, where a Richter 2.4 tremor on Friday afternoon at a depth of only 5km was followed by another yesterday afternoon of 1.7 at a depth of 16km. This was around the same time as a tremor of 1.6 at 14km under
Vilaflor. Arico too had three tremors between Wednesday and Friday. Seismologists say that the movement is well within normal volcanic activity.
Wij weten dat de Engelse kranten bv Sun en Mirror af en toe met dit verhaal boven water komen, waar om? het slaat nergens op, maar ja dat is de pers, maar dat dit zelfs tot Nederland doordrong wisten we niet.
Tenerife is inderdaad een van de plaatsen waar Cris Froome trained, maar ook veel andere renners, hun basis is op1500 meter in Vilaflor. Het Hotel heeft komplete Gym, binnen en buiten zwembad, enz.
en je kan op de fiets naar 2200 meter klimmen en dan naar zeespiegel afdalen en dan weer terug
Groeten van Tenerife, Gerard.