Category Archives: Kverkfjöll

Deep earthquakes in Askja and Kverkfjöll volcanoes

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a update for both Askja and Kverkfjöll volcanoes. Since they both had deep earthquakes today. None of this earthquakes where larger then magnitude 1.0. There depth was around 22 to 24 km inside the volcanoes them … Continue reading →

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Earthquake swarm update for TFZ and Kverkfjöll volcano at 12:55 UTC

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Earthquake swarm in TFZ continues. But earthquake activity continues to drop at fast rate. The largest earthquake so far from midnight has the magnitude of 4.0 (reviewed magnitude). Several smaller earthquakes have taken place during the night in … Continue reading →

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New earthquake swarm in Kverkfjöll volcano

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Jón Frímann

It seems that earthquake activity has started again in Kverkfjöll volcano. So far this is just small earthquakes. But earthquake activity started in Kverkfjöll volcano on 20.10.2012. That was also just small earthquakes. This is most likely minor … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity update on 20.10.2012 at 14:51 UTC

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Today (20.10.2012) has been busy in terms of earthquake activity in Iceland. So I am expecting to write a second update later today on this activity. Hekla volcano At 05:28 UTC there was an earthquake in Hekla volcano. … Continue reading →

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Earthquake swarm in Kverkfjöll volcano

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Jón Frímann

At 20:03 UTC an earthquake swarm started in Kverkfjöll volcano. The strongest earthquake so far has the magnitude of ML2.6, the depth is 1.1 km according to automatic estimate. Both size and depth of this earthquake are expected … Continue reading →

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Kverkfjöll in 10 days

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Send to Kindle Kverkfjöll in 10 days from Björn Oddsson on Vimeo.

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Kverkfjöll volcano web camera and weather station

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jón Frímann

There is a new web camera on Kverkfjöll volcano. This web camera clearly show the hydro-thermal activity in Kverkfjöll volcano, the image is updated every 30 minutes. The weather information are good to see how it is in … Continue reading →

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Minor magma dike intrusion into Upptyppingar tuff mountain

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Yesterday (12.01.2012) there was an minor earthquake swarm in Upptyppingar tuff mountain. But they are inside Kverkfjöll volcano fissure swarm that extends several km away from the main volcano. The largest earthquake in this earthquake swarm was around … Continue reading →

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New earthquake activity in Upptyppingar tuff mountains

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Jón Frímann

During last week and on 5. January 2012 there where few earthquakes in the Upptyppingar tuff mountains. This mountains are not volcano by definition (yet anyway). But since the year 2007 there has been magma intrusion into that … Continue reading →

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The magma below Upptyppingar tuff mountains

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jón Frímann

Upptyppingar are a tuff mountains in the east highlands in Iceland. There formation is contributed to a sub-glacier eruption in this area around 12.000 years ago. A second older sub-glacier eruption feature is also present in this area, … Continue reading →

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