Icelandic volcano 'set to erupt'

First there was Eyjafjallajökull, now let's meet Bárdarbunga. Excerpts:

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".
And:
The last recorded eruption of Bárdarbunga was in 1910, although volcanologists believe its last major eruption occurred in 1477 when it produced a large ash and pumice fallout. It also produced the largest known lava flow during the past 10,000 years on earth.

It is the second largest volcano on Iceland and is directly above the mantle plume of molten rock.

By comparison, Bárdarbunga dwarves the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which shutdown most of Europe's airspace last year after its ash cloud drifted across the continent's skies.

Nothing happening with Katla, Iceland's most dangerous volcano, but this increased seismic activity is troubling..

This Week In Shakey Shakey..

Major 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Chile

Indiana's magnitude 3.8 earthquake felt in Michigan
     Wait; what?  Indiana?

When it comes to earthquakes, yes size matters, but so does depth.  Take, for instance, this 7.0 non quaker in Argentina..

The most curious current earthquake event is still the earthquake swarm in Guy, Arkansas, with another 2.5 magnitude mini quake earlier this week.  The rash of minor quakes might be due to fracking, or not.  What might *Might* be a harbinger of some major tectonic activity is the thousands of birds dropping dead in Arkansas skies, and thousands of fish dying and washing ashore in Arkansas lakes..  A possible instance methane out gassing?  Which leads to speculation about whether or not there are unknown fault lines in Arkansas, and a possible volcano around Hot Springs. 

And the earth change conspiracy theorists have already begun speculating.. 

When Is An Earthquake Swarm Much More Than An Earthquake Swarm?

47 Earthquakes between Mag. 4.3 and 5.2 off the Yemini coast and Gulf of Aden as of 7 p.m. CST November 16.

Three thoughts come to mind..

Increased geologic activity(in overall magnitude, not in amount of quakes--note the distinction), not only in this region, but worldwide(including volcanoes)..

Man-made tectonic activity. But why would this be? A poster from my favorite conspiracy site (from China, too!) says "There was an article on Veterans Today about the difficulties of a US invasion of Iran and that a possible way in is through the Yemeni port of Gwardar, but it's totally inadequate at the moment.


No worries. Cause a buncha earthquakes on land or out in the seabed to cause a tsunami in the area. Next, shout out, "You poor Yemeni victims! Here, let us help and rebuild! No charge for now, pay later! We'll send the Seabees first, and you won't know the place when we're done!"

Nice..

But my favorite involves Aliens AND Pirates!

The beauty of Conspiracy Theory is the divergent interpretive directions each perspective can travel. From the sublime to the insane to the infinitely sinister, they can all co-exist on not only collectively on the web, but within each of our own contradictory natures. To embrace the extremes of thought, to live the dissonance, is part of my wonder of life itself. Information as drug? Yeah; I'm hooked..