Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity
Bárdarbunga (Iceland): Even if Bárðarbunga's eruption continues and breaks the ice, allowing explosions between magma and water/ice to eject significant amounts of ash, most experts agree that a scenario like the Eyjafjallajökull back in 2010 is unlikely to repeat itself. Back then, most of Europe's airspace was closed for 6 days, which caused 100,000 flight cancellations and left thousands of travellers stranded all over the world. IMO believes that the two M5 earthquakes that took place under the caldera of Bárðarbunga volcano during the night were caused by adjustments in response to pressure changes in the plumbing / magma storage system of the volcano as magma is moving.
Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy): The lava flow continues to be active, but the effusion rate has been more and more unstable and fluctuates a lot. This results in lava flows taking different (often overlapping) paths on the upper portion of the Sciara del Fuoco.
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