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Why does a volcano erupt?

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  • 28 November 2023
  • Luca Caricchi
    • Sciences, UNIGE
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Inhabitants of Grindavik, an Icelandic town 40 km southwest of Reykjavik, were evacuated on November 11, after hundreds of earthquakes caused by the displacement of magma beneath the earth's crust - an early sign of a volcanic eruption.

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