The Residents of La Restinga can return to their homes

PEVOLCA The Steering Committee during the hearing. | DA

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The direction of the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA) has authorized the return home of displaced residents of La Restinga , starting today, will go back to sleep in their homes, however, children continue to receive classes in El Pinar, according to the Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana.

As preventive measureswill stay in that town two buses of the Emergency Military Unit (UME) if necessary for use in a re-evacuation, and the measuring station air quality, which will continue its ongoing analysis. Also, the General Police Corps Canaria (CGPC) and the Civil Guard will conduct a continuous surveillance of the area.

In the same area will maintain the ban on access to the beaches of Puerto Naos and Tacorón and continue in force maritime exclusion zone.

Regarding roads closed to traffic, the Director General of Security and Emergency announced the full opening of the HI-55 road from Las Puntas, from the junction of four roads to the Well of the vote, and the partial opening of 7: 30 to 18:30, of the HI-5 between the roundabout and crossing El Mocanal Las Puntas, section in which the tunnel is located in Los Roquille, whose lane right (Valverde) will remain closed to traffic . The same partial opening hours will have the HI-500, which connects the lighthouse of Orchilla and el Pozo de la Health and HI-50, between Sabinosa and Cruce de la Tabla (junction with SR-553). Instead, continue closed Ecomuseum, the Lagartario and the bottom of El Pozo de las Calcosas.

As residents evacuated in Frontera, Juan Manuel Santana announced authorizing the return home of the inhabitants of the area Los Polvillos but not residents of Las Puntas, which will continue evicted because of the risk of landslides in the area at the level existing seismicity.

Evolution of the eruptive process

Regarding the evolution of the eruptive process, Carmen Lopez, a spokesman of the Scientific Committee said PEVOLCA still ruled out "a new magmatic intrusion in the north," yet said if it were to occur, both on land and at sea, "would have to find other previous parameters as changes in the pattern of seismicity or deformation ", issues that have not yet been produced.

While Carmen Lopez stated that "it is unlikely an imminent eruption," warned that if they can continue producing a level similar to the current seismicity, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 or higher, but always at a depth between 20-23 miles.

As for the eruptive process of southern La Restinga, the Scientific Committee spokesman said that its duration can last days or weeks and there has been an eruptive focus approach to land.