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Latest news from Grímsvötn volcano:

Grímsvötn volcano (Iceland): small glacial flood and earthquake swarm
Earthquakes under Grímsvötn volcano, probably a result of the glacial flood (Icelandic Met Office)
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]
Grímsvötn volcano (Iceland) activity update: small glacial flood on 29 Jan 2012
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. [more]

 

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) (8 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Wed, 13 Nov 20:03 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Tue, 12 Nov 00:04 UTCM 1.1 / 3.8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (9 km) 7.7 km SSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 11 Nov 2019
Mon, 11 Nov 07:34 UTCM 1.0 / 6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (7 km) 6.6 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 11 Nov 07:34 UTCM 1.4 / 7.2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (7 km) 6.2 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 8 Nov 2019
Fri, 8 Nov 03:09 UTCM 0.3 / 4.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (10 km) 12.1 km NNW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 8 Nov 03:07 UTCM 1.1 / 13.2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (17 km) 16.4 km NE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 7 Nov 2019
Thu, 7 Nov 09:52 UTCM 0.8 / 8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (7 km) 4.7 km WSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Wed, 6 Nov 21:22 UTCM 0.5 / 2.8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 3.8 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 6 Nov 21:22 UTCM 0.9 / 5.9 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km) 2.3 km WSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.9*10^7 J (5.14 KWh) [learn more]

Earthquake statistics

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Magnitude distribution and energy released:
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