Editing Askja (section)

=== Summary ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=50%
|+ List of Recent Eruptions
|-
! data-sort-type="number" width=95px | Start Date<ref name=gvp/>
! data-sort-type="number" width=95px | End Date<ref name=gvp/>
! width=70px | VEI<ref name=gvp/>
! Scale<ref name=CIV/>
! width=70px | Tephra volume<br/>(km<sup>3</sup>)<ref name=CIV/>
! class="unsortable"| Comments
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|October 26, 1961}}
| align="center"| {{dts|December 5, 1961}}
! style="background-color: #FD0;" | 2 
| align="center"| Small
| align="center"| 0.004
| 
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|December 19, 1938}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FD0;" | 2 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|July 15, 1926}}
| align="center"| 
! style="background-color: #FD0;" | 2 
| align="center"| Moderate
| {{unknown}}
| Lasted about 45 days, Thorvaldshraun lava<ref name=Hartley2016>{{cite journal|last1 =Hartley|first1 =M.E.|last2 =Thordarson|first2 =T. |last3 =de Joux|first3 =A.|year =2016|title =Postglacial eruptive history of the Askja region, North Iceland|journal =Bulletin of Volcanology|volume =78|pages =1–18|doi =10.1007/s00445-016-1022-7|bibcode =2016BVol...78...28H|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1924}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| 
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|January 15, 1923}}
| align="center"|
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Lasted about 45 days
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|November, 1922}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| 
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|March, 1921}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| 
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1919}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FD0;" | 2 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|January 1, 1875}}
| align="center"| {{dts|October 17, 1875}}
! style="background-color: #F60;" | 5 
| align="center"| Major
| align="center"| 1.8
| Lava flows mainly south and north-east of Öskjuvatn caldera<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1797}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Lava flow on west caldera margin dated as to before 1873 by tephra studies<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1717}}
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1717 from tephra studies with lava flows on north-east caldera margin<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1619}}
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1619 from tephra studies with lava flows on north caldera margin<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1510}}
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1510 from tephra studies with lava flows to west caldera margin<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1477}}
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1477 from tephra studies with lava flows around caldera margin<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1300}}
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FE0;" | 1 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1341 from tephra studies with lava flows to north-east<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| {{dts|1158}}
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| -
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1158 from tephra studies with lava flows to north-east 
<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|- 
| align="center"| {{dts|1104}}
| {{unknown}}
| - 
| align="center"| -
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1104 from tephra studies with lava flows to immediate north-east of caldera<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|- 
| align="center"| {{dts|871}}
| {{unknown}}
| - 
| align="center"| -
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 871 from tephra studies with lava flow to south-east of caldera<ref name=Hartley2016/> 
|- 
| align="center"| 1250 ± 300 BCE
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0 
| align="center"| Major
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 1045 BC from tephra studies with large lava fields north and south of caldera<ref name=Hartley2016/> 
|-
| align="center"| 2050 ± 500 BCE
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #FF0;" | 0 
| align="center"| Small
| {{unknown}}
| Older than 2285 BC from tephra studies<ref name=Hartley2016/>
|-
| align="center"| 3750 BCE
| {{unknown}}
| -
| align="center"| -
| {{unknown}}
| Basalt tephra A5700 from Torfdalsvatn<ref>{{cite journal|last1 =Harning|first1 =D.J.|last2 =Florian|first2 =C.R.|last3 =Geirsdóttir|first3 =Á.|last4 =Thordarson|first4 =T.|last5 =Miller|first5 = G.H.|last6 =Axford|first6 =Y.|last7 =Ólafsdóttir|first7 =S.|year =2024|title =High-resolution Holocene record from Torfdalsvatn, north Iceland, reveals natural and anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial and aquatic environments|journal =Climate of the Past Discussions|pages =1–41|doi =10.5194/cp-2024-26|doi-access =free}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 8874 ± 97 BCE 
| {{unknown}}
! style="background-color: #F80;" | 5 
| align="center"| Major
| {{unknown}}
| 1.5 ± 0.5 km3 DRE<ref name=Kearney2018/>
|}