Canary Island evacuating after earthquake sparks fears of volcanic eruption

According to the article "Experts have recorded 150 tremors on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, since yesterday - raising fears of an imminent eruption."  The last volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands took place on the island of La Palma in 1971.  Home to 10,000 people on 108 square miles of land, 53 people were ordered out of their homes over fears of landslides and the army has been called in to prepare for a possible evacuation.  More than 8,000 tremors have been registered on El Hierro since July 19 but yesterday an earthquake of 3.8 on the Richter scale was felt all over the island. The 3.8 earthquake probably sparked the community to evacuate, thats for sure. With more that 8,000 tremors within 2 months their vulnerability to earthquake-volcano eruption is higher than most places around the world. They do live on a volcano. I guess thats what you pay for if you want to live on an island, the chance of an eruption.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042873/Earthquake-swarm-Canary-Island-El-Hierro-sparks-fears-volcanic-eruption.html#ixzz1Zqtrw0JQ