When you live on a volcanic island it is very important to study the volcanoes to keep the population safe. And that is precisely what Tenerife has done. As of now, it has a volcanic system of seismographs composed of 15 seismographs Specials that will allow you to detect earthquakes that until now were undetectable.
The new seismic monitoring stations will be strategically located in the four cardinal points of the territory.
The system will undoubtedly be very useful, since it will allow recording movements in the subsoil that conventional seismographs do not detect. Thus, given the continuous fear of volcanic eruptions, experts will have the necessary clues well in advance, through earthquakes that warn of any risk. But, in addition, the population will be able to have adequate didactic information to know what to expect both in case of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
This is the great bet of the Environment division of the Technological and Renewable Energy Institute (ITER) directed by the volcanologist Nemesio Pérez and whose team has been reinforced with Luca D'Auria, which is responsible for monitoring Vesuvius, one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world as it is located in a highly populated area.
To complete it, the Teide Supercomputer, installed at ITER, will process data at high speed, which will allow analyzing the information collected by seismographs and making assumptions with the data it collects, since »seismographs have a GPS and are synchronized with each other with minimal errors of thousandths of a second"Said Manuel Cendagorta, ITER's managing director.
Tenerife is a volcanic island where earthquakes of low intensity regularly occur, but one of magnitude 6 or greater could originate, according to D'Auria, so it is convenient to be prepared.