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Pandora Dewan

One of Iceland's largest volcanoes sees swarm of 130 earthquakes — could it be about to blow?

Aerial view of older lava close by the eruption site of the 2014 Holuhraun eruption from the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland.

An "unusually large" ice volcano in Iceland could be about to blow after more than 130 earthquakes hit the region in a five-hour period, experts say.

The earthquake swarm began in the northwestern region of Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano at 6:00 a.m. local time Tuesday morning (Jan. 14), with the largest reaching a magnitude of 5.1 at 8:05 a.m, the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) said in a statement on Jan. 14.

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