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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) (44 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Wed, 20 Mar 17:18 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 (6 earthquakes)
Wed, 20 Mar 09:07 UTCM 0.7 / 23.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland 19.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 20 Mar 09:06 UTCM 1.1 / 5.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland 16.7 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 20 Mar 09:06 UTCM 0.8 / 18.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (16 km) - Central Iceland 16.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 20 Mar 09:04 UTCM 0.9 / 17.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (18 km) - Central Iceland 17.2 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 20 Mar 02:32 UTCM 0.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km) 0.2 km WSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 20 Mar 02:32 UTCM 1.2 / 1.8 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km) 0.2 km NNE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 (8 earthquakes)
Tue, 19 Mar 17:39 UTCM 0.6 / 9 km - [info]Esjufjöll (21 km) 14.7 km N of Skaftafell (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 16:32 UTCM 0.2 / 5.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland 10.5 km E of Kistufell (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 15:50 UTCM 1.0 / 2.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland 5.2 km NE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 15:39 UTCM 2.8 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland 5.8 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
I FELT IT
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 15:01 UTCM 0.7 / 10.6 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (5 km) 4.7 km NE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 10:32 UTCM 0.8 / 1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 6.5 km NW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 10:32 UTCM 1.3 / 7 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 7.0 km NNW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 19 Mar 09:45 UTCM 0.8 / 2.6 km - [info]Esjufjöll (18 km) 20.1 km SE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 (8 earthquakes)
Mon, 18 Mar 20:33 UTCM 1.3 / 10.3 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (2 km) 2.1 km ESE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 20:33 UTCM 0.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km) 6.8 km ESE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 20:31 UTCM 0.5 / 16 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (24 km) 24.9 km S of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 15:21 UTCM 0.2 / 5.6 km - [info]Öraefajökull (12 km) 10.9 km NNE of Hvannadalshnjúkur (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 14:20 UTCM 0.9 / 4.6 km - [info]Esjufjöll (20 km) 20.1 km SE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 10:19 UTCM 0.3 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 3.5 km N of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 01:26 UTCM 0.8 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (13 km) 11.2 km NW of Hvannadalshnjúkur (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 18 Mar 01:22 UTCM 0.8 / 6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km) 3.0 km SSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 (7 earthquakes)
Sun, 17 Mar 20:41 UTCM 0.1 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (16 km) 17.1 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 16:41 UTCM 0.8 / 10.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (8 km) 8.3 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 13:09 UTCM 1.4 / 3.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland 3.3 km NNE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 12:31 UTCM 0.8 / 12.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (10 km) - Eastern Iceland 12.5 km NNW of Kverkfjöll (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 09:58 UTCM 0.9 / 1.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (6 km) 1.9 km ESE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 09:58 UTCM 1.7 / 10.2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (3 km) 2.1 km N of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 17 Mar 07:24 UTCM 0.6 / 0.1 km - [info]Öraefajökull (14 km) 11.3 km NE of Skaftafell (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 2019 (10 earthquakes)
Sat, 16 Mar 21:50 UTCM 0.9 / 5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (8 km) 6.6 km SSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 21:20 UTCM 1.4 / 2.2 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (3 km) 3.9 km ESE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 21:20 UTCM 1.0 / 12.3 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (2 km) 3.0 km ESE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 20:57 UTCM 0.1 / 2.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland 1.3 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 19:52 UTCM 0.5 / 2.8 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (2 km) 2.6 km E of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 19:52 UTCM 1.7 / 9.4 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (3 km) 3.1 km E of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 14:57 UTCM 0.8 / 2.6 km - [info]Tungnafellsjökull (3 km) 8.6 km E of Nýidalur (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 02:01 UTCM 0.9 / 5.7 km - [info]Grímsvötn (17 km) 14.0 km SSE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 01:42 UTCM 0.6 / 6.6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (13 km) 14.2 km E of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 16 Mar 00:46 UTCM 1.0 / 3.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland 5.3 km E of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 15 Mar 2019
Fri, 15 Mar 15:20 UTCM 0.6 / 9.8 km - [info]Esjufjöll (5 km) 25.6 km N of Hvannadalshnjúkur (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 14 Mar 2019
Thu, 14 Mar 15:05 UTCM 0.8 / 2.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland 2.4 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
Wed, 13 Mar 22:21 UTCM 0.9 / 9.6 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (6 km) 6.1 km ENE of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 13 Mar 18:47 UTCM 0.7 / 14.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland 17.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 13 Mar 18:47 UTCM 1.0 / 18.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (16 km) - Central Iceland 16.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO

 

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