Icelandic Volcano About to Cut Loose?

Ice Age Now ^ | 25 February 2021 | Robert Felix

[amorphous]

“Unprecedented,” say experts. Look at the number of earthquakes in the last 48 hours!

Southwestern Iceland was rocked by a series of earthquakes Wednesday. According to geological experts, the epicenter of the main quake was located near Mt. Keilir, roughly 30 km (19 miles) south of the capital Reykjavik.

Experts say shocks from the quake, which registered 5.7 in magnitude, sparked increased volcanic activity, triggering a number of aftershocks registering over 4.0 for hours after the initial quake hit.

“I’ve never experienced or felt so many strong earthquakes in such a short period of time. It’s unusual,” Icelandic Meteorological Office’s (IMO) earthquake hazards coordinator Kristin Jonsdottir told Icelandic public broadcaster RUV.

Experts are used to intense geothermal activity in Iceland but say the amount of rumbling at the moment is unprecedented

Though the region has yet to experience eruptions as a result of the increased activity, the IMO nevertheless raised aviation warnings from green to yellow over the Krysuvik volcano system.

The last eruption to occur in the area was in the 12th century but more recently, the eruption of Iceland’s more southerly Eyjafjallajokull volcano over six days in 2010 caused massive disruption to international air travel, affecting as many as 10 million travelers.

The Reykjanes peninsula, located on a tectonic fault, has been rocked by numerous earthquakes for more than a year.

https://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-heavy-earthquakes-trigger-volcanic-activity/a-56681610

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1400025/quake-rocks-reykjavik-raises-icelands-volcano-activity

Thanks to Bill Sellers for these links

[ETL]

Wow! Nice pic!

BTW, all

Check out this fantastic History Channel documentary on the geology of Iceland. History Channel has very generously so far uploaded 23 episodes of their great series How The Earth Was Made. Plus, they’re all in high resolution!

Get em while you can!

From the History Channel, How The Earth Was Made series.

This link is to the episode on Iceland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwiAKsGkYrM&list=PLob1mZcVWOajq6oVD_f2I2-gPZk4zvN7S&index=9

This one is to the entire playlist, with a new episode being uploaded every Saturday night around 10PM EST. Since they’ve uploaded 23 already, they only have 3 more to go. However, last Sat they uploaded their first duplicate. Still to go are New York, Sahara, and one other.

History Channel playlist for their How The Earth Was Made series (all high res! — average about 900 MB!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZNYdZynb0&list=PLob1mZcVWOajq6oVD_f2I2-gPZk4zvN7S

[Sirius Lee]

And how much CO2 would this release and suddenly move us into global cooling.

The West coast fires of last Summer cast a milky haze all the way to the East coast which resulted in palpably cooler days. Extreme volcanism has historically triggered years without a Summer.

As much as I try to avoid hot weather, I'll take a warming climate over a cooling one any day. The latter kills.

[amorphous]

It's a big question as to the amount of heat that is being generated due to fission. In fact, it's only a theory for now. There may also be other causes, unknown, such as that which the movie 2012 touches on (but perhaps cosmic in origin, not solar). It's been proven lower output from the sun increases seismic activity. Scientists don't fully understand why.

Concerning tidal heating, there are a number of factors which affect the amount of heat generated, some factors more important than the gravitational forces involved even. Rotational speed and interior compositions are at the top of the list. The moons of Jupiter are indeed good examples of this variance.

[TnTnTn]

Isn’t that racist or something....kick them out of the UN!!!

[SaveFerris]

I hope so!

[444Flyer]

Lets get NASA to drop a big mask over the blow hole. Might need a double mask.

Better yet...

[Does so]

Öræfajökull. A cut and paste of the word? Now can you pronounce it for me?

Easy...common pronunciation...

[Cold Heart]

Earthquakes still going on there.

[ealgeone]

2012

[Rebelbase]

That was cool seeing where Floki eventually landed.

[SaveFerris]

[Öræfajökull]

Gesundheit!!

[SaveFerris]

[Öræfajökull]

Gesundheit!!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin. Cue Kevin Bacon.

[SunkenCiv]

Three erupting volcanoes cause panic in Guatemala
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Feb 19, 2021
Sky News
3.18M subscribers
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay on the “terrifying” power of three volcanos erupting in Guatemala where “there’s nowhere to hide.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDrq4H_CCBE

[Truth29]

Great links, but one question. The green stars in the first link indicating an earthquake of greater than 3 magnitude don’t change color with time. How should they be interpreted? Thanks.