Category Archives: Esjufjöll

Earthquake activity in Esjufjöll volcano

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Earthquake activity has started again in Esjufjöll volcano after some time with no activity. The two earthquakes that where detected by the SIL network only had the magnitude of 1.0 and 1.1. But what is most interesting is … Continue reading →

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The dormant volcanoes in Iceland

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jón Frímann

While all the active volcanoes in Iceland get all the press and coverage. There are volcanoes in Iceland that are not so active and have remain dormant for thousands of years now and currently do not show any … Continue reading →

Posted in Esjufjöll, Fremrinamur, Geysir, Grensdalur, Grímsnes, Helgrindur, Hofsjökull, Hrómundartindur, Hveravellir, Iceland, Kerlingarfjöll, Ljósufjöll, Monitoring, Prestahnúkur, Skrokkalda, Snæfell, Snæfellsjökull, Tindafjallajökull, Volcano, Þeistareykir | 24 Comments

A new deep earthquake in Esjufjöll volcano

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jón Frímann

A new deep earthquake did just happen earlier tonight. The SIL system at IMO did give the earthquake the size ML1.7 with the depth of 22,5 km. In my experience this normally means that a earthquake swarm is … Continue reading →

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Last activity update before Christmas and Christmas stuff

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Jón Frímann

Here is the last activity update before Christmas starts. As I did expect a deep earthquakes have started again under Eyjafjallajökull volcano. So far the main depth is about 10 to 15 km. So far nothing indicates a … Continue reading →

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Current ongoing earthquake swarms in Iceland

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Jón Frímann

At current time there are two main earthquake swarms taking place in Iceland. The first one is at Krísuvík volcano and has been going on since early this week. Currently there is nothing to suggest that it going … Continue reading →

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Continued earthquake activity under Blöndulón and in Esjufjöll volcano

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Jón Frímann

It appears that the earthquake activity at Blöndulón and in Esjufjöll volcano has not stopped completely. The earthquake activity at Esjufjöll volcano started on the 20th of October 2010. The first week there where about 70 earthquakes recorded … Continue reading →

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Are Esjufjöll volcano starting to inflate ?

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Jón Frímann

I have been monitoring the GPS station at Grímsfjall volcano. After the earthquakes that took place in Esjufjöll volcano few weeks ago something interesting started to happen at that GPS station. It started to move in north direction. … Continue reading →

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More earthquakes at Esjufjöll volcano

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Jón Frímann

It seems that Esjufjöll volcano is not done with the earthquakes. But over the past few weeks since the original earthquakes swarm that started in early October in Esjufjöll volcano. Like before it appears that the earthquakes have … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes in Esjufjöll volcano

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jón Frímann

There is always surprises in Iceland once in a while when it comes to volcanoes. This evening there was one. This time for a little known volcano named Esjufjöll. But since the year 2002 there have been regular … Continue reading →

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