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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts) Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:39 AM Aug 2016

Panic grips Iceland after volcano hit by biggest earthquake tremors in 40 years [View all]

Source: Metro - UK

Panic grips Iceland after volcano hit by biggest earthquake tremors in 40 years

Toby Meyjes for Metro.co.ukTuesday 30 Aug 2016 2:26 pm

Fears are growing that Katla in Iceland might erupt (File picture of Fimmvorduhals in Icleand. Source: Getty)

Fears are mounting that one of the biggest volcanoes in Iceland could erupt after it was rocked by two earthquakes.

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The volcano erupted in 1955 and 1999 but has not experienced a major eruption since 1918 when it spewed ash for more than five weeks.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/30/panic-grips-iceland-after-volcano-hit-by-biggest-earthquake-tremors-in-40-years-6099344/#ixzz4Isi6ShcO

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Panic grips Iceland after volcano hit by biggest earthquake tremors in 40 years [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2016 OP

"Katla, named after an evil troll, is in southern Iceland about 87 miles from Reykjavik." Coyotl Aug 2016 #1

Yes, and an eruption of Katla has been predicted for the last 3 years Warpy Aug 2016 #3

Nah, the ones that go "boom" every few hundred years arent the ones that I would worry to much cstanleytech Aug 2016 #9

Worry about the ones that release enough toxic gas to depopulate European areas downwind. Coyotl Aug 2016 #12

Right, most of North America will be wiped out in weeks Warpy Aug 2016 #14

Well the deep freeze parts debatable but it likely would cause massive famine and starvation cstanleytech Aug 2016 #15

I live right in the path of that gopiscrap Aug 2016 #16

K&R nt lillypaddle Aug 2016 #2

Hasn't erupted since 1918 canetoad Aug 2016 #4

Iceland is always cracking open - fire and ice, the olde Gods awaken, Thor's hammer! Baclava Aug 2016 #5

Nice pix canetoad Aug 2016 #17

SO has planned an early Oct trip to Ireland a month long Katla eruption HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #6

Oh no... Then translatlantic flights will be disrupted. Helen Borg Aug 2016 #7

Hurray! Clear skies! Nihil Aug 2016 #8

you live in the Atlantic Ocean? snooper2 Aug 2016 #10

Nope, Southern England ... Nihil Aug 2016 #13

Panic grips newsreaders as they have to learn how to pronounce the latest Icelandic volcano muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #11