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El Hierro village of La Restinga has been evacuated amid fears of another volcanic eruption

Oct 12, 2011 · jurdyr · 1 replies · 1807 views
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Residents and Tourists have been evacuated , early on tonight The town has been put on category Red Alert last monday . Decision to evacuate La Restinga has been described as to monitor the eruption as it occurring in thesouth of the Island . Quakes which have been recorded in the area since July. The largest was on Saturday wich was 4.3 on the Richter scale . last previous eruption on the Canary Islands was 40 years ago when the Tenegu?a Volcano erupted on La Palma in 1971 .

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