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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) (81 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Tue, 24 Apr 14:07 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Tue, 24 Apr (8 earthquakes)
Tue, 24 Apr 12:43 UTCM 1.5 / 3.4 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (1 km)7.3 km E of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 12:43 UTCM 0.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (2 km)8.3 km E of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 12:30 UTCM 0.5 / 2.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.6 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 10:06 UTCM 0.2 / 4.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 06:57 UTCM 0.5 / 10.4 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km)6.2 km ENE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 06:45 UTCM 0.6 / 4.2 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (6 km)11.0 km ENE of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 04:32 UTCM 0.9 / 2.7 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (1 km)6.8 km E of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 00:03 UTCM 0.1 / 5.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.1 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr (11 earthquakes)
Mon, 23 Apr 15:44 UTCM 0.2 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km)2.7 km SW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 15:41 UTCM 0.2 / 4.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 13:59 UTCM 0.6 / 2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland4.0 km SSE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 13:59 UTCM 0.2 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (11 km) - Central Iceland12.4 km S of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 12:49 UTCM 1.1 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland6.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 10:37 UTCM 1.4 / 11.7 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (2 km)2.5 km ESE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 10:37 UTCM 0.9 / 5.8 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (3 km)3.2 km ESE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 03:33 UTCM 0.5 / 2.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.1 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 03:33 UTCM 0.1 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland6.0 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 03:08 UTCM 1.0 / 3.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 00:59 UTCM 0.7 / 4.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr (22 earthquakes)
Sun, 22 Apr 23:38 UTCM 0.3 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (13 km) - Central Iceland13.8 km ENE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 23:09 UTCM 0.1 / 3.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 22:40 UTCM 0.8 / 1.9 km - [info]Öraefajökull (19 km)13.3 km NNE of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 20:03 UTCM 0.3 / 4.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 18:59 UTCM 0.5 / 18 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland18.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 14:14 UTCM 1.1 / 3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.1 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 14:14 UTCM 2.0 / 3.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.5 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 14:13 UTCM 0.2 / 0.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.3 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 13:20 UTCM 0.1 / 2.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.8 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 13:16 UTCM 0.3 / 4.3 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (10 km)9.8 km ENE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 13:16 UTCM 0.9 / 1.2 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (10 km)10.5 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 11:40 UTCM 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.6 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 09:21 UTCM 0.2 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland7.5 km NNW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 09:20 UTCM 1.0 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.0 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 09:19 UTCM 1.5 / 3.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland2.9 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 09:17 UTCM 0.2 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland7.6 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 07:03 UTCM 0.1 / 2.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 06:45 UTCM 0.9 / 2.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.5 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 06:40 UTCM 1.4 / 1.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.3 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 05:19 UTCM 0.1 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.8 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 03:16 UTCM 0.7 / 4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland5.8 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 01:16 UTCM 1.0 / 3.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.5 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr (11 earthquakes)
Sat, 21 Apr 12:46 UTCM 0.8 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 12:46 UTCM 1.5 / 3.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.3 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 10:25 UTCM 0.2 / 1.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland8.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 10:25 UTCM 0.9 / 7.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland9.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 09:12 UTCM 0.1 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland19.2 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 09:10 UTCM 0.4 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland18.5 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 08:36 UTCM 0.1 / 1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 04:08 UTCM 0.4 / 0.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland7.4 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 01:20 UTCM 0.7 / 6.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (15 km) - Central Iceland14.7 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 00:36 UTCM 0.7 / 2.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.9 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 00:07 UTCM 0.9 / 0.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland7.2 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr
Fri, 20 Apr 22:01 UTCM 1.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 18:43 UTCM 0.3 / 15.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (18 km) - Central Iceland17.8 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 18:43 UTCM 0.2 / 16 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland17.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 14:59 UTCM 0.3 / 12.2 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km)6.1 km NE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr (12 earthquakes)
Thu, 19 Apr 12:20 UTCM 0.8 / 2.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland1.4 km W of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 06:31 UTCM 0.7 / 2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.0 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 05:44 UTCM 0.5 / 12.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland15.8 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 04:10 UTCM 0.6 / 6.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 03:44 UTCM 0.4 / 4.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.7 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:39 UTCM 1.2 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (1 km) - Central Iceland1.0 km W of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:39 UTCM 0.7 / 1.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland1.4 km NW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:13 UTCM 0.4 / 1.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:45 UTCM 0.5 / 11 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (18 km) - Eastern Iceland16.0 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:16 UTCM 1.8 / 5.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland6.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:16 UTCM 1.3 / 0.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 00:26 UTCM 0.8 / 0.6 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (5 km)12.5 km ENE of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr (9 earthquakes)
Wed, 18 Apr 20:04 UTCM 0.6 / 2.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.7 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 19:45 UTCM 0.7 / 0.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.6 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 19:39 UTCM 0.7 / 1.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland1.9 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 17:17 UTCM 0.7 / 17.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland15.5 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 16:56 UTCM 0.2 / 3.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 16:11 UTCM 0.5 / 1.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 08:37 UTCM 1.1 / 4.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (14 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 08:37 UTCM 0.6 / 9.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (14 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 01:22 UTCM 0.5 / 2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland15.1 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr
Tue, 17 Apr 21:00 UTCM 0.6 / 11.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland15.6 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 19:58 UTCM 0.4 / 7.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland12.9 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 14:56 UTCM 0.9 / 3.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (7 km) - Eastern Iceland10.1 km NNW of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 14:56 UTCM 0.2 / 11.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (9 km) - Eastern Iceland11.5 km NNW of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO

 

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