At least 1, 100 small earthquakes recorded in the span of 48 hours in Portugal’s Azores archipelago have spurred authorities to activate an emergency plan. The earthquakes were reported from the mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Sao Jorge on Saturday afternoon.... Of these, 63 were felt by the local population, reported the Lusa news agency. Most of them occurred in an area between the village of Velas, in the island’s south, and Faj？... The teams will also measure soil gases, an indicator of vo

SAO JORGE, Portugal( Reuters)-Fatima Viveiros was a little girl when she decided to become a volcanologist.... Now aged 44, she is putting her skills to use to protect her home.... " There is clearly an abnormality," he told reporters. Although authorities have said the eruption was not imminent, around 1, 500 people have left the island by air or sea in recent days....