Largest Earthquake Since 2014 as ANOTHER Volcano wakes up in Iceland

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Barðarbunga has been having some periodic quakes in the magnitude 2-3 for the past few months to years. A lot of them have been relatively shallow (4-6 km in depth). I would not be surprised is we see another eruption 'soon' (in the geological sense). It is one of the most active volcanoes on this lovely little island. Fun fact! When this system last erupted, I was standing under a cliff about 60 km north to the north (just a few km out of Husavik) collecting samples from a geothermal system there. Needless to say, we had to dodge a few rocks that came off the cliff side :D

The VEI list actually goes to 8/9. The last Yellowstone eruption was a VEI 8, while Toba reached a VEI 9 when it erupted some 74 thousand years ago. Wonder if Iceland will produce a VEI 6 eruption in our lifetime though, that would be fascinating and extremely dangerous. Thanks for keeping us up to day Rob! :)

Oooh we have been waiting for Bardarbunga or Askja to pop. Thank you for the up date, Iceland & its residents are amazing. ❤🕯🙏

The earthquake was so violent that is shook out the letter "r" in the word "earthquake" shown in your thumbnail!

The E in VEI stands for explosivity, and it is based on the amount of rock ejected into the atmosphere. Most Icelandic eruptions have a negligible VEI because they are effusive - the very fluid basaltic magma allows its gas content to escape without explosions. The only recent exception that I know of is the 2011 (?) eruption that caused such disruption to air traffic, and that was because the volcano was erupting into an ice cap, so the magma was being almost instantly 'frozen', and ejected by steam explosions. So Bardarbunga could presumably produce a relatively high VEI eruption, if it was erupting through ice and remained that way.

A one off at that depth is likely signs of the thick Glacier failing, not magma movement yet. Multiple Earthquakes at 15 and 5 KM are required to be first before shallower earthquakes. So far in the past months, these have been not in multiples. That is not to say that the glacier failing is not thermally and/or uplift related, but I see no abrupt GPS changes yet. Earthquakes alone are NOT a sign of eruption.

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

The VEI scale goes up to a VEI 8 - which is reserved for “super eruptions” such as Yellowstone, the Toba volcano, and the Long Valley Caldera’s Bishop Tuff eruption. Just wanted to help clarify. - Sincerely, a legitimate volcanologist who’s research is on Yellowstone’s last caldera forming eruption - The Lava Creek Tuff 😉

great video, really love the balance of informative and also chill! this is a bit random and I'm sure someone's said this to you before, but you sound so extraordinarily similar to cgp grey that even though i know who I'm watching, as soon as my attention slips for a sec i do a double take of "wait was that cgp grey?" 😅

Bárðarbunga is the largest volcano in Iceland. The next largest is Katla. You will all know when they wake up.

I took a connecting flight through Iceland with Iceland Air yesterday 4/20/2024 from Gatwick(UK) to Newark(US). Of course while I was in Iceland (just over an hour) there weren't any earthquakes 😂 The weather rain/wind at the airport was beastly, though. Especially running to and from the plane to the buses. Of course close on the heals of experiencing the earth quake in the North Eastern US a couple weeks ago.

When do you plane to switch the Vulcano on? I am next week in Iceland. Will the Vulcano be ready than?

Taupo super volcano in NZ had a vei 8 eruption 26500 years ago.

Maybe things have changed recently, but I thought there was a VEI 8 for eruptions such as Toba in Indonesia and other massive ones.

Feels like things are only just getting started! If this one erupts it definitely won't be a tourist eruption in any sense!

Last time Barðarbunga erupted, it was outside of the glacier - if it erupts under it - well - we'll have to start shipping people to/from Iceland by boat. It'll go high up in the stratosphere with all that so2 and soot and planes don't really like that ;)

The year of the Vulcan seems like it is going to be extremely interesting by the time it is over.

Your info is incorrect. The VEI scale is 0-8 and the last super eruption at Yellowstone was 640,000 ago since then it has had much smaller eruptions. I don't mean to be rude but just thought you might like the correct info 😅

Is the entire island just a super volcanic cap?