Long-dormant Iceland volcano being monitored after seismic activity reports
(World News Science)

Bigger earthquakes in Himalayas caused by fast tectonic-plate collisions: StudyMysterious loud booms heard across the world: ReportMore earthquakes measuring above 7 in magnitude expected in 2018, warn scientists At the summit of one of Iceland’s most dangerous volcanoes, a 72-foot (22-meter) depression in the snow is the only visible sign of an alarming development. The Oraefajokull (err-IVER’-yer-kuhl) volcano, dormant since its last eruption in 1727-1728, has seen a recent increase in seismic activity and geothermal water leakage that has worried scientists. With the snow hole on Iceland’s highest peak deepening 18 inches (45 centimeters) each day,...