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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/8311924/Icelandic-volcano-set-to-erupt.html

Icelandic volcano 'set to erupt'

6:38PM GMT 08 Feb 2011

Scientists in Iceland are warning that another volcano looks set to
erupt and threatening to spew-out a pall of dust that would dwarf last
year's event.

Geologists detected the high risk of a new eruption after evaluating an
increased swarm of earthquakes around the island's second largest
volcano.

Pall Einarsson, a professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland,
says the area around Bárdarbunga is showing signs of increased activity,
which provides "good reason to worry".

He told the country's national TV station that a low number of
seismometer measuring devices in the area is making it more difficult to
determine the scale and likely outcome of the current shifts.

But he said there was "every reason to worry" as the sustained
earthquake tremors to the north east of the remote volcano range are the
strongest recorded in recent times and there was "no doubt" the lava was
rising.

The geologist complained that the lack of coverage from measuring
devices means he cannot accurately detect the depth and exact location
of the increased number of localised earth movements.


Jan Rasmussen