Iceland and Indonesia in a race to see which can cause Volcanic Winter first

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http://news.yahoo.com/farmers-flee-worlds-deadliest-volcano-rumbles-100259369.html

MOUNT TAMBORA, Indonesia (AP) ? Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living on Tambora took no chances when history's deadliest mountain rumbled ominously this month.

Villagers like Hasanuddin Sanusi have heard since they were young how the mountain they call home once blew apart in the largest eruption ever recorded ? an 1815 event widely forgotten outside their region ? killing 90,000 people and blackening skies on the other side of the globe.

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It?s one of the most feared volcanos, so we?re closely monitoring it,? said Pall Einarsson of the University of Iceland. ?That said, it?s normal for earthquakes to be detected around Katla. What?s a bit unusual is that we?re seeing swarms of small earthquakes, some occurring every 10 minutes or so.?

Iceland sits on a large volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic?s mid-oceanic ridge. Eruptions, common throughout Iceland?s history, are often triggered by seismic activity when the Earth?s plates move and when magma from deep underground pushes its way to the surface.

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