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Latest news from Grímsvötn volcano:
Thursday, Mar 27, 2014
A small jökulhlaup (glacier outburst flood) started yesterday from the subglacial lake Grímsvötn and has been discharging into the river Gígjukvísl. ...
[more] Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012
A small glacial flood occurred at Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland on 29 January 2012. The cause of the flood was probably not volcanic, but strong rainfalls and unusually high temperatures that caused melting of large amounts of snow. The flood damaged parts of the Ring Road between Núpsvötn and Gígjukvísl in the Skeiðarársandur flood plain and and east of Gígjukvísl.
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Grímsvötn volcano Caldera 1725 m (5,659 ft), Iceland, 64.42°N / -17.33°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):
Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (43 quakes) all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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[info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 9.3 km NW of Kverkfjöll [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 09:25 UTC M 0.8 / 3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 4.0 km NE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 09:25 UTC M 1.4 / 0.7 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.3 km E of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 06:52 UTC M 0.5 / 6.6 km - [info ] Grímsvötn () 13.3 km S of Grímsfjall [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 06:27 UTC M 0.4 / 4.7 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 1.1 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 03:20 UTC M 0.9 / 6.6 km - [info ] Grímsvötn () 13.2 km S of Grímsfjall [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 03:20 UTC M 0.5 / 3.1 km - [info ] Grímsvötn () 13.6 km S of Grímsfjall [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 00:51 UTC M 0.3 / 1.9 km - [info ] Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano () 1.8 km E of Hamarinn [Map] IMO Sun, 16 Dec 00:33 UTC M 0.8 / 0.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.6 km E of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Sat, 15 Dec Sat, 15 Dec 12:07 UTC M 2.1 / 3.6 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.6 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Fri, 14 Dec Fri, 14 Dec 23:13 UTC M 0.2 / 3.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 5.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Fri, 14 Dec 10:22 UTC M 0.9 / 5.5 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 4.0 km E of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Fri, 14 Dec 09:57 UTC M 0.9 / 0.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 5.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Thu, 13 Dec Thu, 13 Dec 21:06 UTC M 1.1 / 0.3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 7.2 km NE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Thu, 13 Dec 21:06 UTC M 1.4 / 1.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 6.1 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Thu, 13 Dec 18:25 UTC M 0.7 / 2.9 km - [info ] Tungnafellsjökull () 9.0 km ESE of Nýidalur [Map] IMO Thu, 13 Dec 07:58 UTC M 0.5 / 8.2 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 6.6 km NNE of Kverkfjöll [Map] IMO Thu, 13 Dec 06:19 UTC M 0.1 / 0.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 6.0 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec (13 earthquakes)Wed, 12 Dec 22:15 UTC M 0.1 / 2.3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 0.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 21:40 UTC M 0.2 / 8.2 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 4.2 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 21:39 UTC M 0.6 / 8.8 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.0 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 18:25 UTC M 0.1 / 1.4 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 2.3 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 18:25 UTC M 0.2 / 2.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 2.3 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 17:06 UTC M 0.6 / 3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 2.7 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 16:37 UTC M 0.6 / 1.9 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 1.3 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 16:03 UTC M 0.5 / 1.3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 1.1 km E of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 15:59 UTC M 1.4 / 1.7 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 1.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 04:27 UTC M 2.0 / 3.3 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 2.4 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 04:27 UTC M 1.5 / 2.2 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 2.6 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 04:08 UTC M 0.8 / 0.1 km - [info ] Öraefajökull () 12.8 km NNE of Skaftafell [Map] IMO Wed, 12 Dec 01:41 UTC M 1.0 / 4.9 km - [info ] Grímsvötn () 0.9 km NW of Grímsfjall [Map] IMO Tue, 11 Dec Tue, 11 Dec 21:52 UTC M 0.7 / 18.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 19.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Tue, 11 Dec 21:49 UTC M 0.6 / 2.8 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.4 km NE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Tue, 11 Dec 09:15 UTC M 0.3 / 3.5 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 13.4 km ESE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec (7 earthquakes)Mon, 10 Dec 14:48 UTC M 0.3 / 3.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 6.1 km NNE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 10:11 UTC M 0.4 / 1.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 18.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 10:11 UTC M 1.0 / 19.7 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 18.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 08:38 UTC M 0.7 / 14.7 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 18.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 08:38 UTC M 1.2 / 1.1 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 19.4 km SSE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 00:59 UTC M 0.6 / 2 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.9 km ENE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Mon, 10 Dec 00:33 UTC M 0.7 / 1.1 km - [info ] Öraefajökull () 11.5 km NNE of Skaftafell [Map] IMO Sun, 9 Dec Sun, 9 Dec 22:54 UTC M 1.6 / 1.9 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.9 km SE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO Sun, 9 Dec 22:54 UTC M 1.0 / 1.1 km - [info ] Bardarbunga () - Central Iceland 3.4 km SE of Bárðarbunga [Map] IMO
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Updated: Sun, 16 Dec 21:48 UTC (GMT)
