Iceland Officials Keep An Eye On Katla Volcano After Earthquakes
by Cheryl Rosen /Officials in this country of fire and ice have been carefully monitoring Iceland’s Katla volcano this week, after it was jolted by two earthquakes, of magnitude 4.2 and 4.5.
In 2010, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano caused an ash cloud that grounded thousands of flights in Europe for several days.
Katla, named after an evil troll, is about 87 miles from the capital of Reykjavik. It typically erupts every 80 years, but its last major explosion was almost 100 years ago, in 1918.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said no tremors have been recorded and its status for Katla remains normal for now.
