Giant Iceland volcano system may erupt after 17,000 earthquakes recorded in a week
MORE than 17,000 earthquakes have been recorded in the south-west of Iceland, in the Reykjanes Peninsula, during the past week.
People living in the area have been advised to be extra careful due to dangers of landslides and rockfall.
Many of the larger earthquakes have even been felt in Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik (where over half of the population lives), which lies only 27km away.
This has led to heightened concerns about the effects of even larger earthquakes and also of a possible eruption from the Krýsuvík volcanic system in the area.
South-west Iceland has a track record of centuries of calm, which we know can be broken by turbulent periods of intense earthquake activity accompanied by volcanic eruptions.
It looks like we are entering the next turbulent period.
In other news, an incredible satellite image captured the erupting Krakatoa volcano spewing debris into the air last year.
It recently emerged that prehistoric humans survived a volcanic super-eruption 70,000 years ago that triggered a ten-year winter.
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And, a deep sea volcano blast created a new Pacific island last November.
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