Is Iceland's Volcano a threat to the Fault Line near it?
May 06, 2010
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I heard of another big volcano, near there another threat to it’s fault line.
I had heard, though that it might eventaully, affect the fault thatsin the middle of the two sets of contenents
and the platonics are dividings these further from eachother and it would the biggest in the world disaster. I heard this on the news by the way.
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3 comments
Earth Man on May 6, 2010 at 4:37 am
They were worried for a while that the Eyjafjallajökull eruption could set off Katla, another volcano very nearby. They were worried because we know that it’s happened in the past. However, the eruption is subsiding at this point, so the likelihood of the eruption suddenly jumping to a new, large Katla eruption is extremely unlikely. Volcanoes do not affect fault lines.
Jens H on May 6, 2010 at 4:37 am
the Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull is not becoming any less intense, though it is true that there are less ash coming from it as there is less water in the mix. In the passed there have been some time between the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull and Etna, so that threat is no smaller today than it was a week ago.
But Earth man is correct in that the fault-line will not change in any way because of the eruption, Iceland have volcanic eruptions on a regular basis and the plates are spreading at a regular paste.
Dee Rohe on May 6, 2010 at 6:32 pm
The fault line is more likely a threat to the volcano. Iceland is the only place that the Mid-Atlantic ridge, which is separating, projects above sea level. Have you noticed that there are more 6 + earthquakes in the last month? Be on the lookout for more intense quakes in the coming months.