32,000 Magma Pools Discovered Beneath an Atlantic Island — What’s Going On?

  • تاريخ النشر: الجمعة، 22 مايو 2026 زمن القراءة: دقيقة قراءة

A massive magma intrusion reshaped São Jorge Island without bursting into an eruption, raising scientific questions.

It Happened Beneath São Jorge Island

Thousands of Earthquakes Raised the Alarm

The Magma Rose From Deep Underground

It Stopped Just Short of the Surface

The “32,000 Pools” Is About Volume

Much of the Movement Was “Stealthy”

The Island Rose by About 6 Centimeters

A Fault Zone Guided the Magma

The Study Used Land and Seafloor Instruments

The Bigger Lesson Is About Forecasting

  • 1 / 10
مقالات ذات صلة
Massive Underground Structures Discovered — Scientists Are Baffled
Something Incredible Has Been Found Beneath Earth’s Crust
Huge Tunnels Found Beneath South America Were Not Made by Humans

A quiet island in the Atlantic suddenly became the center of a volcanic mystery after thousands of earthquakes shook São Jorge in Portugal’s Azores in March 2022. At first, the fear was simple: was the island heading toward an eruption? But the real story underground turned out to be even stranger.

Scientists now believe a massive sheet of magma surged upward from more than 20 kilometers beneath the surface, moved quickly through the crust, and then stopped just 1.6 kilometers below the island. The amount of molten rock was estimated to be enough to fill around 32,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, yet much of its journey happened with surprisingly little seismic warning.

مواضيع ذات صلة