The ongoing volcanic eruptions in La Palma ( Canary Islands) it is still causing terrible damage to the island. It has been registered as the most damaging volcanic activity to ever happen in Spain. To understand how the system of islands exists, we must look into science.
Volcanologists believe that there’s a "hot spot" below the Canary Islands, an extremely hot magma reservoir, constantly looking for a way out, generating earthquakes and bending the island's surface until it ruptures. These cracks allow magma to pass through the earth's crust to form volcanoes. This is the same type of volcanic activity that formed the Hawaiian Islands in the United States. However, the hot spot theory is controversial because it cannot fully explain all activities in the Canary Islands; for example, the recent volcanic eruptions on ancient islands such as Lanzarote.
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