A new island can grow in the mid-Atlantic

The eruption of a volcano under the Atlantic Ocean could lead to the formation of a new island near Spain, scientists predict.

More than a week ago gas and lava continuously erupted from the mouth of a volcano about 5km away from El Hierro - the smallest island in the Canary Islands - reported by Telegraph .

El Hierro Island belongs to the Canary Islands.

Volcanic eruption is part of the Canary process - the archipelago of 7 islands in Spain - for millions of years. Lava escaping from the crater can create a new island, or increase the area of ​​the southern coast of El Hierro island.

Nemesio Perez, the scientific coordinator of the Canary Volcanic Institute (Involcan), said that he and his colleagues had more than 11,000 vibrations all over El Hierro island in the past four months. The strongest vibration has a magnitude of 4.6 Richter.

"Seismic activity around El Hierro Island is very strong. Lava is erupting from below the southern coast of the island. We do not know if that phenomenon occurs on the north coast , " Perez said. expression.

The lives of people on El Hierro Island are disturbed by volcanic activity in the ocean. Many restaurants, hotels, bars on the south coast have closed. A part of the people in the village near the coast was evacuated. The people who stayed left prepared suitcases for clothes, radio, torches, food and other essentials to be able to leave at any time. People on the island do not know when volcanic activity will decrease so that their life will return to normal.