Hekla volcano ready to erupt
A geophysical alert to the possibility of a future eruption at Hekla, one of the most fearsome volcanoes in Iceland, to unusual activity at the volcano. In April 2010 the volcano Eyjafjallajokull caused chaos at European airports by forcing to cancel thousands of flights and closing much of the airspace over the continent. Then said the eruption of this volcano tends to precede the eruption of one of the largest volcanoes in Iceland, Katla.
The Hekla volcano shows signs of activity:
Although so far there has not been the feared eruption, which could lead again to close the airspace if the winds bring the ashes back to Europe in recent days it has detected a movement of magma below another volcano, Hekla, considered one of the most dangerous of Iceland.
The volcano Hekla eruption could wake up and do:
An Icelandic geophysicist has told AFP that the data of recent days suggest that Hekla is waking up and is “ready to erupt”. And this can happen at any time, although nothing can stay in place and then not having the expected eruption.
The data seem to indicate that it is a movement of magma beneath the volcano, although not currently being produced major earthquakes in the area. However, during the last eruption of Hekla related seismic activity began just an hour and a half before the occurrence of the output of volcanic material.
Detect unusual magmatic activity under the Hekla, Iceland:
The activity has been detected in Hekla volcano Now is unusual and has been recorded by a network of GPS devices have been installed in recent years, so you have all the alert to the possibility of occurrence of an eruption. Hekla, however, tends to erupt unexpectedly and predicting their eruptions has always been difficult.
If it is eventually produced an eruption in Iceland, this time in the Hekla volcanic eruption would be the third in the country in just over a year, although the meaning of the data obtained by the new GPS is placed around the volcano in Indeed, a mystery having no data to compare past eruptions.
Civil protection alert to the possibility of Iceland of a new eruption:
Despite this, civil protection authorities have been alerted Icelandic of the possibility of an eruption to occur in one of the most dangerous volcanoes of Iceland, to be alert, although it can not happen eventually.
News of the possible eruption of Hekla arrive after the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in April 2010, and Grimsvotn volcano In May 2011. And Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries in the world and more than 200 active volcanoes testify, so that the eruptions on the island occur continuously and at various points.
The last eruption of Hekla volcano:
Hekla has almost 1500 meters high and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes Iceland. It is situated in the southwest of the island approximately 50 kilometers north of Eyjafjallajokull and its last eruption took place on February 26, 2000.
After the last eruption of Hekla started a period of calm, during which the volcano began to swell as part of a cycle faced by many volcanoes. Previously, it had erupted at least three times during the twentieth century, most of them in 1947, and in recent decades have been eruptions of Hekla spaced approximately every 10 years.
