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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) (39 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plot Updated: Sun, 22 Oct 02:59 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 21 Oct (7 earthquakes)
Sat, 21 Oct 19:41 UTCM 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (18 km) - Eastern Iceland19.5 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 15:48 UTCM 1.3 / 2.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland3.6 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 11:59 UTCM 1.3 / 10.7 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (12 km)12.8 km ENE of Hágöngulón
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 09:59 UTCM 1.2 / 3.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland3.2 km SSE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 09:51 UTCM 0.5 / 6.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (2 km)3.3 km NNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 02:42 UTCM 0.4 / 8.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland14.1 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Oct 02:42 UTCM 0.9 / 7.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland14.4 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Oct
Fri, 20 Oct 20:40 UTCM 1.4 / 8.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland5.3 km SSE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct (7 earthquakes)
Thu, 19 Oct 21:28 UTCM 1.2 / 2.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (15 km) - Eastern Iceland13.8 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 21:28 UTCM 0.7 / 3.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (15 km) - Eastern Iceland13.7 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 19:23 UTCM 1.1 / 2.8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km)2.1 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 19:23 UTCM 1.7 / 3.6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km)1.8 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 17:44 UTCM 0.7 / 2.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (12 km)14.0 km NNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 07:09 UTCM 1.2 / 2.6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km)3.9 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Oct 04:10 UTCM 1.2 / 8.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (9 km) - Eastern Iceland7.5 km NNE of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Oct
Wed, 18 Oct 13:46 UTCM 1.2 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.9 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct (11 earthquakes)
Tue, 17 Oct 22:41 UTCM 0.5 / 3.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.2 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 19:53 UTCM 0.6 / 7.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (15 km) - Eastern Iceland13.4 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 13:18 UTCM 0.7 / 2.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.4 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 11:59 UTCM 0.1 / 5.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.2 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 11:08 UTCM 0.7 / 1.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.8 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 10:29 UTCM 2.9 / 1.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland6.7 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
I FELT IT
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 10:28 UTCM 2.4 / 8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 06:51 UTCM 0.3 / 10 km - [info]Öraefajökull (19 km)13.0 km NNE of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 05:35 UTCM 1.1 / 8.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (14 km)14.1 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 00:18 UTCM 1.0 / 3.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland6.2 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Oct 00:18 UTCM 0.8 / 0.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland6.2 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct (7 earthquakes)
Mon, 16 Oct 21:53 UTCM 0.1 / 1.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.1 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 19:50 UTCM 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (18 km) - Eastern Iceland19.2 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 18:17 UTCM 0.7 / 1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland2.8 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 14:40 UTCM 0.2 / 6.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland12.7 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 14:25 UTCM 1.5 / 14.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland9.7 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 14:25 UTCM 0.6 / 16 km - [info]Bardarbunga (11 km) - Central Iceland10.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Oct 02:32 UTCM 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland18.6 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Oct
Sun, 15 Oct 18:09 UTCM 0.3 / 3 km - [info]Öraefajökull (19 km)12.0 km NNE of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Oct 18:09 UTCM 0.8 / 3 km - [info]Öraefajökull (20 km)12.7 km N of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Oct 11:32 UTCM 0.5 / 16.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland17.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Oct 06:17 UTCM 0.8 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Oct 03:17 UTCM 0.5 / 21.3 km - [info]Grímsvötn (19 km)18.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO

 

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