More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic ...
Many of these eruptions were preceded by earthquakes with magnitudes somewhere between five and six. Iceland is a particular hotspot for seismic activity because it sits on a tectonic plate ...
The volcano's most recent eruption — from August 2014 through to February 2015 — was the largest outbreak in Iceland for more than 300 years. The eruption began when a large fissure opened up ...