translate English to German: They believe that this process was driven by the pressure caused by the rising magma heating and vaporizing water trapped within the structure of the island. They projected that during a future eruption, the western half of the island, weighing perhaps 500 billion tonnes, could slide into the ocean.
Eine Untersuchung in den 90er Jahren ergab, dass die Cumbre in ihrem Inneren mit Wasser durchtränkte, vertikale Ebenen aus porösem Vulkangestein aufweist.