Almost never-ending earthquakes have been shaking Iceland lately. Wickners think this could lead to a firebarrow blowing up.

In the last week alone there have been more than 20,000 earthquakes on the island. The biggest ones happening about 20 miles south of Rekyjavik, the main borough of Iceland.

There are a handful of firebarrows found along the Reykjanes byland, such as Barrow Keilir which is a likely one to blow.

Most of the earthquakes are less than 3.0 on the Richter Mete, but the biggest ones have gotten up to 5.6.

Firebarrow wickners say that this many earthquakes are likely from molten stone pushing its way up into the skin of the earth. And they are looking for marks of it coming all the way through.

They say the firebarrows in southern Iceland  fire up every 800 years or so, and the last time they were truly alive was about the twelfth yearhundred.

The wickners do not think there is need for worry. If the firebarrows do blow, they should be small and eath to handle. Nevertheless, now might not be a good time to go to the byland.