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Ponta Delgada, Azores, 11 July 2026 (Lusa) -- The alert levels for the Santa Bárbara Volcano and the West Fissural Volcanic System on Terceira Island, in the Azores, have been lowered to V1 (volcanic system in a metastable equilibrium phase), it was announced.
Study analyses an “intense episode of volcanic-tectonic activity” in S. Jorge in March 2022, with the recording of “thousands of earthquakes, which did not culminate in an eruption”.
On April 9, CIVISA had raised the volcanic alert in the Faial-Pico channel, in the central group of the Azores, to V1, justifying the increase from V0 to V1 due to seismic activity that was “slightly above normal” in that area.
In early February, IVAR lowered the aforementioned alert levels from V3 (volcanic system in a reactivation phase) to V2.
The island's seismic activity, although low, “remained clearly above reference levels,” clarified the Institute of Volcanology Research at the University of the Azores.
In early February, IVAR lowered the alert levels from V3 (volcanic system in a reactivation phase) to V2 (volcanic system in an instability phase).
Home News Seismic-volcanic warning issued in the Azores Seismic-volcanic warning issued in the Azores The alert levels at the Santa Bárbara Volcano and the Western Fissure Volcanic System, on Terceira Island, in the Azores, remain at V2 (volcanic system in a phase of instability), it was announce
