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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) (47 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plot Updated: Tue, 22 Aug 13:04 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Mon, 21 Aug
Mon, 21 Aug 23:45 UTCM 0.3 / 3.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.0 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 21 Aug 08:00 UTCM 1.1 - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.8 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 21 Aug 07:03 UTCM 1.0 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland2.8 km SSE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 21 Aug 06:28 UTCM 1.9 / 2.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.8 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug (11 earthquakes)
Sun, 20 Aug 23:41 UTCM 1.1 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.5 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 18:31 UTCM 1.1 / 16 km - [info] (43 km)17.8 km E of Laki
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 17:43 UTCM 0.6 / 3 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.5 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 17:43 UTCM 0.4 / 3.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (15 km) - Eastern Iceland13.7 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 14:56 UTCM 0.2 / 6.6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (12 km)10.6 km SSW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 09:28 UTCM 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (7 km)9.2 km NNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 06:48 UTCM 0.1 / 5.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.5 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 05:19 UTCM 0.6 / 4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.7 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 02:28 UTCM 0.1 / 2.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.2 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 01:17 UTCM 0.9 / 1.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (25 km)10.7 km NW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Aug 01:17 UTCM 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (26 km)11.3 km NW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug (12 earthquakes)
Sat, 19 Aug 21:37 UTCM 0.1 / 0.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (18 km) - Central Iceland18.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 16:57 UTCM 0.1 / 5.5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (1 km)2.4 km NW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 15:42 UTCM 0.1 / 0.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 11:46 UTCM 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 11:31 UTCM 1.1 / 4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland1.1 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 10:47 UTCM 0.5 / 2.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.0 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 10:30 UTCM 0.2 / 1.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland3.2 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 09:49 UTCM 0.4 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 03:33 UTCM 0.1 / 5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km NW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 03:17 UTCM 1.2 / 9.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 02:29 UTCM 0.7 / 0.3 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km)6.3 km ENE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Aug 00:08 UTCM 0.4 / 12.2 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (3 km)3.8 km S of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 18 Aug
Fri, 18 Aug 23:19 UTCM 0.7 / 5 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (5 km)5.0 km NE of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 18 Aug 20:00 UTCM 0.4 / 6.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 18 Aug 17:39 UTCM 1.3 / 0.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland8.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 18 Aug 12:42 UTCM 1.7 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland7.0 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug (8 earthquakes)
Thu, 17 Aug 21:55 UTCM 0.2 / 10.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland18.9 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 20:18 UTCM 0.3 / 11.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (11 km) - Eastern Iceland12.8 km NNW of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 18:19 UTCM 0.3 / 2.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.5 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 15:49 UTCM 0.5 / 1.5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (27 km)23.0 km NW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 12:49 UTCM 1.5 / 1.1 km - [info]Esjufjöll (26 km)17.4 km NNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 12:49 UTCM 1.2 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (26 km)12.9 km NNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 09:46 UTCM 0.3 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (25 km)9.6 km WNW of Skaftafell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 17 Aug 03:57 UTCM 1.2 / 3.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.1 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug (8 earthquakes)
Wed, 16 Aug 12:36 UTCM 0.2 / 13 km - [info]Grímsvötn (10 km)13.5 km WNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 04:18 UTCM 1.0 / 4.4 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (6 km)11.3 km ENE of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 04:18 UTCM 0.5 / 4 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (7 km)12.5 km ENE of Nýidalur
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 04:03 UTCM 1.3 / 3.7 km - [info]Grímsvötn (11 km)13.3 km NNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 01:46 UTCM 0.9 / 5.3 km - [info]Grímsvötn (10 km)5.7 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 01:13 UTCM 1.5 / 12.1 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (10 km)10.4 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 01:04 UTCM 0.3 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Aug 01:04 UTCM 0.8 / 4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO

 

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