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On Island of Sao Jorge experts are preparing for an eruption or major earthquake

Luke 21:11” There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • Experts Warn Quake-hit Azores Island Could See Volcanic Eruption Like Spain’s La Palma
  • The lush mid-Atlantic island has been rattled by more than 20,000 small earthquakes, which reached a magnitude of up to 3.3, in the past 11 days.
  • The tremors could herald a volcanic eruption for the first time since 1808, or a powerful earthquake
  • At a school in Velas, classes were suspended and some of the school’s rooms will be turned into a health center.
  • Workers with experience working in natural disasters have been deployed to the island.
  • Involcan, which monitored the La Palma eruption, said on Tuesday about 20 million cubic meters of lava could be spewed out on Sao Jorge if an eruption takes place.

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Azores Earthquakes have doubled the amount of last year

Luke 21:11” There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • Thousands of tremors rattle Azores island
  • Over 14,000 earthquakes have been rattling São Jorge, one of nine islands that makes up the Azores, according to the Azores Seismovolcanic Information and Surveillance Center
  • The shaking began back on March 19 and hasn’t stopped since with most of the epicenters occurring along the western and central portion of the island.
  • Experts say the number of earthquakes in the nine-day span is more than double the total earthquakes in 2021
  • Over the last several days, Reuters reports 1,500 of the island’s 8,400 residents have left by sea or air out of fear.

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