Low water levels in the vicinity of the volcano Hekla in south Iceland

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29.11.2010 | 15:00

Low Water Levels Indication of New Iceland Eruption?


Low water levels in rivers, springs and waterholes in the vicinity of the volcano Hekla in south Iceland is an indication of an upcoming eruption, according to a resident. Others say they are merely caused by low precipitation and lack of snow in the mountains.

?It is too significant to be caused by lack of precipitation,? former parliamentarian Dr?fa Hjartard?ttir, who lives near Hekla at Keldur in Rang?rvellir, told Fr?ttabladid.

She said the water level has dropped by 30 centimeters at the spring Keldnalaekur outside her home. ?And this has happened before, a few weeks and months in advance of an eruption the water decreased in this way.?

Hjartard?ttir said the development has taken place throughout the autumn and the water level in the spring keeps decreasing. ?I have lived at Keldur for a long time and I have never seen as little water in the springs before.?

Read more:

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16568&ew_0_a_id=370734

 

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Re: Low water levels in the vicinity of the volcano Hekla in south Iceland

Small streams around Hekla volcano dry up

Posted on November 29, 2010 by J?n Fr?mann
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According to Icelandic news there is little water in small streams that come from Hekla volcano. This lack of water in streams from Hekla volcano is often looked as indicators that a eruption is going to happen in coming months. This phenomenon has happened before a eruption took place in Hekla volcano, the last one that took place in the year 2000. But according to old news article (in Icelandic, pdf) (from the year 1995) this phenomenon was also observed before the big eruption in the year 1755...

Hekla volcano does not give many long term signals on when it might start erupting. But far as this one goes, this might be the best signals we can get on the impending eruption in Hekla volcano. When the eruption might take place is impossible to know at current time.

Full text:
http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=265

 

[Emily]

Re: Low water levels in the vicinity of the volcano Hekla in south Iceland

There is a discussion about this on the volcano blog run by a geosciences professor.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/25188