Iceland Volcano Update; Explosive Hekla Volcano Likely to Erupt by 2026

One of Iceland's most explosive volcanoes is now likely to erupt fairly soon, at least that is by 2026-2027. The reason for this was the recent occurrence of a small river drying up that originates from this stratovolcano. On its own, such a small change might sound insignificant, but at Hekla there is a history of this occurring within the days to years before an eruption occurs.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office
[2] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/controller.cfc?method=lameve, Used with Permission
[3] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by Youtube.com/GeologyHub on Oct 5th, 2022.

0:00 Hekla, Likely to Erupt
1:16 A Disappearing River
2:33 Volcanic Unrest
3:32 Mauna Loa Comparison
5:03 The Next Eruption