Tindfjallajökull

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Tindfjallajökull volcano

Schichtvulkan 1463 m (4,800 ft)
Iceland, 63.79°N / -19.59°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style:

Explosive.

Tindfjallajökull volcano eruptions:

unknown

Last earthquakes nearby:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance	Location
Sun, 9 Jun
Sun, 9 Jun 12:30 UTC	M 0.3 / 1 km	8 km	2.0 km SSW of Hábunga
Sun, 9 Jun 07:31 UTC	M 0.5 / 4.4 km	28 km	2.0 km ENE of Árnes
Sun, 9 Jun 04:41 UTC	M 0.8 / 7.6 km	15 km	14.8 km ESE of Árnes
Sat, 8 Jun
Sat, 8 Jun 19:03 UTC	M 0.7 / 12.4 km	3 km	4.7 km NE of Hábunga
Sat, 8 Jun 14:50 UTC	M 1.2 / 1 km	13 km	3.9 km WNW of Goðabunga

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Tindfjallajökull is one of the oldest Holocene volcanoes of the eastern volcanic zone of Iceland and has produced rocks of basaltic-to-rhyolitic composition.

Background:

Eruption of the rhyolitic and trachyandesitic Thorsmork ignimbrite accompanied formation of a 5-km-wide caldera during the Pleistocene. The NW rim of the caldera is topped by the Tindfjallajökull icecap. About a dozen small eruptions took place during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, mostly from vents north and west of the caldera.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institute

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