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Suspense in Iceland as dormant volcanic zone shows signs of life
- samizdis 6y agoSmall signs of a reawakening on the peninsula first appeared more than a year ago, but it was a large 5.7-magnitude earthquake on February 24 that signalled a major seismic event could be about to happen. Since then, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) has registered more than 34,000 tremors on the peninsula, a number unseen since digital monitoring began in 1991. After a two-day lull, seismic activity intensified again overnight Tuesday to Wednesday.
- neom 6y ago"That's very shallow. This magma is most likely coming from a source of at least eight to 10 kilometres, it could even be 20-plus kilometres," said University of Iceland vulcanologist Thorvaldur Thordarson