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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) (13 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Thu, 22 Aug 17:41 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Wed, 21 Aug 2019
Wed, 21 Aug 19:53 UTCM 1.0 / 4.9 km - [info]Grímsvötn (6 km) 6.8 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 21 Aug 06:47 UTCM 0.6 / 0.5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 0.5 km SSE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 20 Aug 2019
Tue, 20 Aug 13:41 UTCM 1.0 / 0.5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km) 1.3 km NNE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 20 Aug 12:27 UTCM 1.0 / 3.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (9 km) 11.0 km NNW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 19 Aug 2019
Mon, 19 Aug 17:58 UTCM 0.9 / 3.3 km - [info]Grímsvötn (6 km) 6.2 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 19 Aug 17:58 UTCM 0.7 / 4.6 km - [info]Grímsvötn (6 km) 6.0 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 19 Aug 11:21 UTCM 0.9 / 7.5 km - [info]Grímsvötn (7 km) 7.1 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 17 Aug 2019
Sat, 17 Aug 19:04 UTCM 1.2 / 3.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (5 km) 7.4 km SW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 16 Aug 2019
Fri, 16 Aug 08:12 UTCM 0.9 / 13.2 km - [info]Grímsvötn (9 km) 8.5 km SSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 15 Aug 2019
Thu, 15 Aug 23:21 UTCM 0.1 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (12 km) 9.7 km ENE of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 15 Aug 20:48 UTCM 0.6 / 0.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (13 km) 12.9 km E of Hamarinn (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 15 Aug 18:56 UTCM 0.2 / 2.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (6 km) 9.4 km NW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 15 Aug 17:53 UTCM 0.7 / 4.1 km - [info]Grímsvötn (4 km) 3.9 km WSW of Grímsfjall (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.7*10^7 J (4.68 KWh) [learn more]

Earthquake statistics

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