Monthly Archives: September 2010

New ash trail on top of Eyjafjallajökull

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Jón Frímann

The news tonight at Stöð 2 (Channel 2) in Iceland reports that there is a new ash trail visible from the top crater in Eyjafjallajökull. It can be seen because of the new snow layer on top of … Continue reading →

Posted in Eyjafjallajökull, Volcano News | 18 Comments

Rúv reports on volcanoes that are ready to erupt soon

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jón Frímann

Icelandic Rúv broadcaster reports that a few volcanoes in Iceland are ready to start erupting at any time with little warning. The volcanoes on top of the list are the volcanoes Grímsvötn (Grímsfjall) and Hekla. According to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Volcano News | 30 Comments

Location of the Hamarinn / Lokahryggur volcano

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jón Frímann

There are many volcanoes in Iceland that don’t enjoy the publicity and the fame like the most active volcanoes in Iceland. That list contains mountains like Hekla, Katla, Eyjafjallajökull, Grímsvötn (Grímsfjall) and so on. Hamarinn or Lokahryggur (Loki-Fögrufjöll) … Continue reading →

Posted in Bárðarbunga, Hamarinn | 1 Comment

Deep earthquakes starting again under Eyjafjallajökull

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Jón Frímann

Over the past weeks there have been deep earthquakes happening under Eyjafjallajökull. The deepest earthquake so far that has happened was on 21 km depth. The latest earthquake that happened was on close to 15 km depth. Currently … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquakes, Eyjafjallajökull | 11 Comments

More earthquakes at Hamarinn volcano

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jón Frímann

The volcano named Hamarinn in Vatnajökull glacier is a small and relativity unknown volcano in Iceland. As it has not erupted in recent history. Currently it is so unknown that it isn’t even properly registered at Global Volcanism … Continue reading →

Posted in Bárðarbunga, Hamarinn | 21 Comments

Hekla geophone is offline due to technical fault

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jón Frímann

Due to technical fault at Hekla geophone it is currently offline. The station did go down at 13:07 UTC. Why that did happens is unknown at this moment. The station is going to be online soon as possible. … Continue reading →

Posted in Geophone network | 5 Comments

Earthquakes deep on Reykjanes Ridge

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jón Frímann

Around midnight tonight there where earthquakes deep south of Iceland. They where located on Reykjanes Ridge, by the far south end of it. At this distances it is hard to know if the earthquakes are related to tectonic … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquakes | 2 Comments

Quick note on harmonic tremor levels

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jón Frímann

There was a storm passing over Iceland. This has affected the tremor levels on IMO sensors. Mostly highland seismometers that get hit by stronger winds then those at lower altitude. Volcano tremor appears differently at IMO sensors then … Continue reading →

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First blog post

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jón Frímann

This is the first blog post on the Icelandic volcano blog. Here I am going to post news about Icelandic volcanoes. I will provide as good coverage of Icelandic volcanoes as possible. There is still some work to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 3 Comments

Hello world!

Posted on September 27, 2010 by admin

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Posted in Uncategorized | 19 Comments