Iceland volcano latest – is Bardarbunga going to erupt and would another ash cloudspark travel chaos in Europe?
Bardarbunga is Iceland's biggest volcano - towering more than 6,500ft over the Vatnajokull National Park
THERE are fears Iceland's BARDARBUNGA volcano could be set to erupt.is Iceland's largest volcano at a whopping 6,591ft tall.
The whopping 6,500-ft volcano - the largest in the country - could erupt following a series of quakes - but what would happen if it does?
Will Bardarbunga erupt?
Bardarbunga, which towers over the country's Vatnajökull National Park, was rocked by four huge earthquakes at the end of October 2017.
Experts have warned it could be a sign that the volcano is about to blow.
The earthquakes, measuring 3.9, 3.2, 4.7 and 4.7 on the Richter scale, struck the caldera region over several days.
Volcanologist Páll Einarsson said the tremors were signs that Bardarbunga is "clearly preparing for its next eruption."
He told they were part of a series that has been "in progress for two years."
"The reason for the earthquakes in this place is that the volcano Bardarbunga is inflating, i.e. the pressure of magma in the magma chamber is increasing. It has been doing this since the last eruption ended, in February 2015.
"The volcano is clearly preparing for its next eruption, that may happen in the next few years."
He added: "The earthquakes ... are just the symptoms of this process, they do not cause the volcano to erupt.”
The Icelandic Met Office is yet to issue any warnings despite listing activity levels at the volcano as "high".
Will Bardarbunga cause a massive ash cloud that could disrupt air travel?
Dr Simon Day, of University College London, said that the activity could "precede a large explosive eruption and consequent widespread ash fall".
But he went on to claim it is "statistically unlikely."
The earthquakes come seven years after a vast ash cloud from the nearby Eyjafjallajökull volcano ground European air travel to a halt.
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