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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Glacier flood has started in Skaftá river
The latests news is that a glacier flood has started in Skaftá river. At the moment this glacier flood does not appear to be big, as there was also a glacier flood in this river last year. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Glacier quakes, Hamarinn, Hydrothermal, Monitoring, Vatnajökull glacier, Volcano
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No glacier flood yet from Hamarinn volcano, but it is on it’s way
At current time (around 20:30 UTC) it has been observed that no glacier flood has started in Skaftá river. But the glacier flood is expected to start in the river around midnight, but the river might start to … Continue reading
Posted in Glacier flood, Hamarinn, Hydrothermal, Monitoring, Vatnajökull glacier, Volcano
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Grímsfjall volcano inflates after the large May 2011 eruption
It can be sad that Grímsfjall volcano did not waste any time starting to prepare for next eruption after the large May 2011 eruption. But that eruption was the largest one in at least 140 years or so. … Continue reading
Posted in GPS data, Grímsvötn / Grímsfjall, Inflation, Magma, Monitoring, Volcano
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Earthquake swarm and minor harmonic tremor in Katla volcano
There has been a minor earthquake swarm in Katla volcano today. This earthquake swarm started around 09:00 UTC and lasted with breaks until 14:39 UTC. The largest earthquake in this swarm was ML1.7 with the depth of 3.5 … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Katla / Mýrdalsjökull, Monitoring, Swarm, Volcano
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Currently all is quiet in Iceland
At the moment it is rather quiet in Iceland in earthquakes and volcanoes. When that might change is impossible to say. But in the last few days there have been minor earthquake swarms on the Reykjanes Ridge. It … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Katla / Mýrdalsjökull, Quiet, Reykjanes Ridge, Volcano
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Small glacier flood from Mýrdalsjökull glacier (Katla volcano)
During the night (and when I had unstable power) there was a small glacier flood from Mýrdalsjökull volcano. Some minor harmonic tremor change was detected following this glacier flood. This even was small one, many times smaller then … Continue reading
Interesting earthquake activity in Katla volcano
Sometimes there is a strange earthquake activity in volcanoes. I do think that this qualifies as one of that cases. But there has been odd and what appears to be grown earthquake activity in SE part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Katla / Mýrdalsjökull, Volcano
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New cauldrons forms in Mýrdalsjökull glacier (Katla volcano)
According to the news here in Iceland there have been a formation of at least three new cauldrons in Mýrdalsjökull glacier, where they have not been before in the glacier. But this means that the hydrothermal areas under … Continue reading
Posted in Dike intrusions, Katla / Mýrdalsjökull, Magma, Monitoring, Volcano
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Small earthquake swarm in Katla volcano caldera
At the moment there appears to be a small earthquake swarm in Katla volcano. Currently this is just a earthquake swarm. All the tremor plots are normal and show no signs of harmonic tremors and magma on the … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Katla / Mýrdalsjökull, Magma, Monitoring, Volcano
393 Comments
1 million views on this blog
This blog has reached a important milestone. It has had this many views in less then 1 year since I did start it. But I did start this blog in September 2010. Few months after Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption. … Continue reading
Posted in Off-topic, Website
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