Is Hekla Ready to Belch?
Posted by JAC on 6/11/2011, 10:39 pm
With all the volcanic activity in Iceland, could Hekla be next?

GPS measurements showing rapid inflation.









http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Will_Hekla_Be_the_Next_Volcano_to_Erupt_in_Iceland__0_378299.news.aspx

Now that the volcanic eruption in Grímsvötn on Vatnajökull is coming to an end, people are speculating what volcano will be the next to erupt in Iceland. Geophysicist Páll Einarsson said there are many indications that Hekla, also in south Iceland, will be next.

"Hekla has been preparing for an eruption since it last erupted in 2000. There are many indications that it is ripe for an eruption and it has been ready to burst for a few years," Einarsson told Fréttabladid, adding that an eruption in Hekla would likely be small.

"The past eruptions in Hekla have been rather harmless, but the past eruptions in Grímsvötn were also rather harmless so you never know," he said.
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Is Hekla Ready to Belch? - JAC, 6/11/2011, 10:39 pm
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