In Iceland, while a volcanic eruption is ongoing southwest of the capital city Reykjavik, it appears that a fresh magmatic intrusion is ongoing at a separate volcano in the center of the country. There, the Askja volcano is producing an unusually high rate of ground deformation, temporarily placing it as the site of the highest uplift at a volcano on the planet. This video discusses Askja's current activity along with a separate magmatic intrusion which lasted from 2021 to 2023.

Disclaimer: The apparent uplift signal at Askja could still end up being a false positive, in which case the description of this video will be updated.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] Büntgen, U., Eggertsson, O. & Oppenheimer, C. Braided motivations for Iceland’s first wave of mass emigration to North America after the 1875 Askja eruption. Reg Environ Change 24, 48 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s1011302402.... CC BY 4.0.
[2] Parks, M. M., Sigmundsson, F., Drouin, V., Hreinsdóttir, S., Hooper, A., Yang, Y., et al. (2024). 2021–2023 unrest and geodetic observations at Askja volcano, Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106730. CC BY 4.0.
[3] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office
[4] Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, icelandicvolcanoes.is
[5] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger and are not the Kikai Caldera's 5284 BCE eruption are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[6] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022.

0:00 Keeping an Eye on Askja
0:20 The Ground is Rising
0:46 2021 2023 Activity
3:35 A Comparison
4:00 1875 eruption