Sounds interesting.
I was there earlier in this year and heard a few stories.
They seem to be recovering well though, since most of the ash was exported.LOL.

We brought some home as a souvenier all the same.

Just to help with the exports.

The Icelandic met office keep good updates on activity there .btw.

Edited by user 26 August 2012 17:50:12(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Kamchatka has numerous active volcanoes and Bezymianny has produced a large explosion.

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bezymianny/news/14728/Bezymianni-volcano-Kamchatka-large-explosive-eruption-ash-to-34000-ft-10-km-altitude.html.

 Some pictures of Bezymianny volcano here. 

http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current_eng.php?name=Bezymianny

In another news, an ancient supervolcano has been discovered near Hong Kong.

http://earth-of-fire.over-blog.com/pages/hong-kong-is-based-on-a-volcano-liangchuanwan-discovery--8282228.html

Edited by user 02 September 2012 09:18:59(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Anak Krakatoa, another active volcano, has entered new eruptive phase producing strong explosions.

http://www.oysteinlundandersen.com/Volcanoes/Krakatau/Anak_Krakatau-Volcano-September-2012.html

Another volcano in Central America, Fuego of Guatemala, is erupting vigorously.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19595849.

See also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09JxXplof8M&feature=youtu.be

Mag 4.8 earthquake around the Linconshire area anyone notice it?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php

Originally Posted by: doctormog

Originally Posted by: Zubzero

Mag 4.8 earthquake around the Linconshire area anyone notice it?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php

That link does not seem to be working and I can't see any sign of any large quake near the UK today on the USGS, BGS or EMSC sites?

That link works for me but shows the earthquake was in February 2008.

Originally Posted by: nouska

There was a 3.2 in the English Channel yesterday that doesn't appear on the USGS map.

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=285392

Its reported on BGS as a 2.4 event, but may actually been an explosion and not an earthquake.

http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html

Edited by user 17 September 2012 19:29:22(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

http://www.wired.com/wir...edia-guide-to-volcanoes/

Originally Posted by: pdiddy

Originally Posted by: doctormog

For anyone casually interested in volcanoes this article is both informative and amusing:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/a-media-guide-to-volcanoes/

 

Great article, thanks for the link. 

I thought it was a great article, too. Thanks for posting the link. Thanks also others who have posted on this thread.

Edited by user 15 October 2012 13:33:27(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Here is a couple of useful links:

Recent Icelandic quakes http://en.vedur.is/earth...d-volcanism/earthquakes/

Jon Frimann's Icelandic volcano blog (which has a couple of posts on this recent swarm) http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/