Thousands of British tourists have been rocked by earthquake after a volcano alert was issued in two holiday hotspots.
Tourists in Spanish duo Tenerife and Gran Canaria felt tremors after midday on Thursday.
The 4.1 magnitude quake is not believed to be connected to seismic activity from Tenerife's Mount Teide.
Residents of the islands reported rooms vibrating and furniture shaking as a result of the earthquake.
Its relatively shallow depth - just over six miles - caused the seismic movement to be more widely felt.
One Gran Canaria resident said the earthquake "lasted about ten seconds and was more noticeable than ever, moving the whole house.
"It went from less to more. At first it seemed like the closing of a door, but then the whole house moved."
Resident Debora Madrid told El Dia: "I was lying in bed and I felt the mattress vibrate. I stared at it and felt a second vibration; it moved slightly, but only the mattress."
Mount Teide, the volcano in the centre of Tenerife
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Elba Diaz, a resident from Tenerife's capital Santa Cruz, said the quake was "quite noticeable".
She said it reminded her of a previous earthquake from 2021.
"I already lived through the tremors associated with the Tajogaite volcano, and this time, just like then, it made me feel dizzy," she said.
Popular tourist spots which felt the tremors included Los Christianos in Tenerife and Las Palmas on Gran Canaria.
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View of Tenerife, which was shaken by the 4.1 magnitude earthquake
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The area has a history of strong earthquakes, including one in 1989 with a magnitude of 5.2.
And just seven years ago, the region experienced an earthquake which registered at a magnitude 4.4.
Volcanologist Ruben Lopez was quick to say that the earthquake was unassociated with recent seismic activity from Mount Teide.
Seismic events of low amplitude are recorded regularly in Tenerife, caused by the movement of hydrothermal fluids within the volcanic system.
Over 6,000 deep tremors have been recorded over 21 days this month, which represents one of the most active periods of volcanic activity in recent years.
Experts however have said despite the increase in activity, the deep nature of the tremors means there is low risk for eruption.
Teide's last volcanic eruption was in 850 AD, and resulted in much of the "Black Lava" that covers the volcano.
A study in 2009 said it would violently erupt in future, at a scale similar to Vesuvius and Etna.