12:02, Mon, Aug 12, 2019 Updated: 12:22, Mon, Aug 12, 2019 Gran Canaria is the second most populated of the Canary Islands, located off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain.

Researchers have defined the age, location, size and geochemistry of the volcanoes of Gran Canaria during the Holocene, 11,000 years ago, in order to draw up a map of volcanic hazards for the island.

More than 4,000 people have been forced to flee Gran Canaria as wildfires continue to ravage the popular tourist island. At least 600 emergency staff, including 250 firefighters, were deployed to help ...

Another map shows the spread of the “seismic swarm” with earthquakes prominent in and near La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. It comes after recent aerial images showed white plumes of smoke ...