Hekla just began erupting! Not…
A lot of excitement began yesterday when news began circulating in Iceland that Hekla was spewing lava once again. Some well humored individual posted a news article from 2000 on his Facebook page. The headline read “Hekla byrjuð að gjósa” (E. Hekla erupting). Since pretty much all Icelanders are friends on Facebook the news spread fast.
To some people’s relief and other’s despair the article was from the last Hekla eruption in 2000. However it is quite likely that Hekla will erupt sometime soon as it is due if you consider its history. Hekla has erupted every recent decade including: 2000-1991-1980-1970-1947-1845-1766-1693-1636-1597-1510-1434-1389-1341-1300-1222-1206-1158-1104.
