“Iceland’s Impending Volcanic Eruption: Scientists Uncertain of Timing and Location”

The earthquake swarm in southwest Iceland has eased – but the threat of an eruption remains high.

Most of the tremors in the last few hours have been too small to feel – nothing like the almost constant jolts that prompted the emergency evacuation of 4,000 people from the town of Grindavik in the early hours of Saturday.

But scientists say three previous eruptions in the area in recent years have all followed the same pattern, with magma breaking through the surface a few days after the volcanic rumblings had died down.

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