Category Archives: Caldera

Still mostly quiet in Iceland

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Jón Frímann

Today (10-March-2016) an magnitude 3,2 earthquake took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. The location of the earthquake swarm was in the caldera, with the location of the 3,2 magnitude earthquake being in the North-east part of the caldera. The earthquake activity … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Jón Frímann

Last night (20-December-2015) a earthquake activity took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. Largest earthquake in this short earthquake swarm had the magnitude of 3,5 and the second largest earthquake had the magnitude of 3,1. This earthquake activity is shallow and above … Continue reading →

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How Bárðarbunga volcano collapsed

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Jón Frímann

There is a good article about how Bárðarbunga volcano collapsed during it’s six month long eruption in Holuhraun. The most recent data (the work on Bárðarbunga volcano is far from over even there is no eruption taking place currently) show … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano weekly update on 18-February-2015

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Jón Frímann

There has not been major change in Holuhraun eruption since last week. The eruption continues at low phase at the moment far as I know. Bad weather has prevented scientists monitoring the eruption in the past few days. There continues … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for 06-February-2015

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Jón Frímann

This update is going to be slightly shorter than usual because I am sick (I got flu at the moment). Over the past two weeks there has been considerable drop in the lava lake. Lavafall was seen on new images … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for 3-February-2015

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Jón Frímann

Since last update of activity in Bárðarbunga volcano there have not been major changes in Holuhraun eruption. The lava lake in the crater has lowered by several meters based on pictures from Holuhraun today. Large cliffs have formed where the … Continue reading →

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Possible minor eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano caldera

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Jón Frímann

It appears that at 21:22 UTC (on 29-January-2015) a possible minor eruption might have taken place somewhere along the Bárðarbunga volcano caldera rim or in it slopes. I don’t have any confirmation yet, but this is what the tremor data … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for 20-January-2015

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Jón Frímann

The eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano (Holuhraun). Not much change has been reported in past few days. Currently the northern side of the eruption crater has not collapsed so far, but based on web cameras it appears that the activity is … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for Friday 16-January-2015

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Jón Frímann

Not much change has been reported in Holuhraun eruption since Wednesday (14-January-2015). The lava field continues to grow and is now ~84 km² in size. SO2 pollution continues to be a problem in Iceland, depending on wind direction. Output of … Continue reading →

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for 9-January-2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update about the eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano. Not much has changed since the update on Wednesday 7-Januar-2015. If there was an drop in the eruption, it was temporary and the eruption in Holuhraun has not resumed … Continue reading →

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