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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) (38 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Sun, 19 Aug 08:09 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 18 Aug (6 earthquakes)
Sat, 18 Aug 15:11 UTCM 0.6 / 2.8 km - [info]Öraefajökull (28 km)12.6 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 18 Aug 15:01 UTCM 0.6 / 1.4 km - [info]Öraefajökull (30 km)13.6 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 18 Aug 14:51 UTCM 1.3 / 13.9 km - [info]Öraefajökull (27 km)11.5 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 18 Aug 14:51 UTCM 0.9 / 2.6 km - [info]Öraefajökull (32 km)17.5 km NW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 18 Aug 14:36 UTCM 0.5 / 2.8 km - [info]Öraefajökull (29 km)14.6 km NW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 18 Aug 14:19 UTCM 0.4 / 1.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (31 km)14.9 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 17 Aug
Fri, 17 Aug 10:30 UTCM 1.2 / 1.9 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (25 km)25.3 km SSW of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 17 Aug 05:37 UTCM 0.2 / 2.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland13.5 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 17 Aug 04:35 UTCM 1.9 / 13.2 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (5 km)5.6 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 17 Aug 04:35 UTCM 1.2 / 11.7 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km)6.5 km ENE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug (11 earthquakes)
Thu, 16 Aug 16:13 UTCM 0.1 / 3.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland5.7 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 15:54 UTCM 1.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Esjufjöll (17 km)23.2 km S of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 15:38 UTCM 0.6 / 2.8 km - [info]Öraefajökull (28 km)12.3 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 15:05 UTCM 2.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
I FELT IT
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 15:05 UTCM 3.5 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland2.7 km NE of Bárðarbunga
I FELT IT
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 12:34 UTCM 2.1 / 1.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (13 km)13.8 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 12:34 UTCM 1.5 / 2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (13 km)14.0 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 12:11 UTCM 0.6 / 7.6 km - [info]Öraefajökull (7 km)5.7 km N of Hvannadalshnjúkur
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 02:09 UTCM 0.2 / 1.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (12 km)15.1 km NW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 02:09 UTCM 0.6 / 10 km - [info]Grímsvötn (12 km)13.7 km NW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 16 Aug 00:57 UTCM 1.1 / 1.3 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (10 km)10.1 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 15 Aug
Wed, 15 Aug 15:35 UTCM 0.1 / 6.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland10.3 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 15 Aug 06:02 UTCM 0.4 / 2.3 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (14 km) - Eastern Iceland13.7 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 14 Aug
Tue, 14 Aug 23:44 UTCM 0.6 / 3.3 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km)4.3 km SSW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 14 Aug 23:44 UTCM 0.8 / 4.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km)4.0 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 14 Aug 12:55 UTCM 0.5 / 8.8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (9 km)7.9 km SSW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 14 Aug 09:59 UTCM 1.0 / 6.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.5 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug (9 earthquakes)
Mon, 13 Aug 18:31 UTCM 1.4 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland7.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 18:31 UTCM 1.9 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland8.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 17:08 UTCM 0.5 / 1.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (13 km) - Eastern Iceland14.6 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 09:02 UTCM 0.8 / 3.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.4 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 09:02 UTCM 0.4 / 2.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.5 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 06:24 UTCM 0.9 / 7.2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (13 km)14.4 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 03:38 UTCM 0.3 / 1.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (11 km)9.4 km NNW of Hvannadalshnjúkur
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 03:38 UTCM 0.8 / 2 km - [info]Öraefajökull (12 km)9.8 km NNW of Hvannadalshnjúkur
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 13 Aug 03:23 UTCM 0.7 / 7.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 12 Aug
Sun, 12 Aug 22:51 UTCM 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (17 km)11.8 km NNE of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 12 Aug 13:20 UTCM 0.7 / 5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (1 km)2.8 km WNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO

 

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