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Is there a significant chance this turns into another Eyjafjallajökull situation with huge disruption to global travel, just in time for Christmas?

• gojomo 3y ago
  Not really. While there's danger to local infrustructure, this area & eruption is more likely to remain a (series of) ground lava flows, without explosive ejection of ash to high altitudes, at high volumes – as would be required to significantly disrupt air traffic.
• runarberg 3y ago
  Not a volcanologist but I have been following this for awhile. My answer is no. The only chance of something like that happen is if the eruption moves under the sea. This particular hot spot is very reluctant to under sea eruptions. During magma intrusion the dyke extended a lot and reached passed the town and beneath the sea floor, so was a very slim chance of an under sea eruption for a minute there. However the dyke stopped extending soon there after and has since solidified in any under sea portions of it.
• pixl97 3y ago
  Only if magma starts erupting in the ocean, then it will make significant amounts of ash. It doesn't appear to be making large amounts of ash now, and I think the general consensus is it will not.