Seismic Monitoring Stations

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Monitoring La Palma

The Instituto Geográphico Nacional of Spain maintains a listing of the monitoring equipment and resources installed on the Canary Islands, including the island of La Palma. The equipment is installed and operated by the various cooperating governmental organizations and IGN.

The monitoring stations measure position, seismic activity, chemistry/gas, deformation, and inclination. The network of seismic monitoring stations marked by the wave icon (dark blue) in Figure 1 below is of particular interest to this study.

Locations of monitoring stations on the island of La Palma - including locations of the 11 current seismic stations operating. The map shown is available on the IGN data portal at: http://www.ign.es/resources/volcanologia/estaciones_red/estaciones.html

Figure 1:Locations of monitoring stations on the island of La Palma - including locations of the 11 current seismic stations operating. The map shown is available on the IGN data portal at: http://www.ign.es/resources/volcanologia/estaciones_red/estaciones.html

Seismic Monitoring Stations

The active seismic monitoring stations have been installed over the period 2009 to 2021. As of Aug 5, 2022 there are 12 active stations (Table 1) and 4 decommissioned stations (Table 2).

Id

Installed

Upgraded

Location

Channels

Link

EHIG

13/03/2009

Tigalate, Villa de Mazo

HH

link

TBT

27/10/2012

Barranco de las Angustias, El Paso

HH

link

CJED

24/05/2017

Jedey, El Paso

HH

link

CPUN

24/05/2017

23/06/2017

Los Aviseros, Puntallana

HH

link

CTEN

25/05/2017

Las Machuqueras, Fuencaliente

HH

link

CROM

10/10/2017

14/08/2019

Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, Garafía

HH

link

CENR

10/10/2017

Cumbre Vieja, El Paso

HH

link

CGOR

17/11/2017

Helipuerto BRIF, Puntagorda

HH

link

CMIR

08/11/2017

20/03/2019

P.N. La Caldera de Tabueriente, El Paso

HH

link

CBRE

03/04/2018

Breña Baja

HH

link

CALD

08/04/2021

Villa de Mazo

HH

link

CAVE

29/09/2021

Tajuya

HH

link

Table 1:Active seismic monitoring stations on La Palma

A number of stations have been upgraded since commissioning, where EH (Extremely Short Period) sensors were replaced with HH (High Broad Band) sensors based on the change to the SEED channel identifiers reported.

The following decommissioned stations were previously part of the seismic network on the island and contributed to measurements over the period 2017 to 2021.

Id

Installed

Decommissioned

Location

Channels

Link

CMAZ

10/11/2017

17/01/2018

Villa de Mazo, Isla de la Palma

HH

link

CLLA

09/11/2017

13/01/2019

Todoque, Los Llanos de Aridane

HH

link

CFLP

06/11/2017

20/03/2019

Los Canarios, Fuencaliente

HH

link

CVIE

10/10/2017

08/04/2021

Cumbre Vieja, Villa de Mazo

EH

link

Table 2:Decommissioned seismic monitoring stations on La Palma