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The image shows the two eruption sites, Eyjafjallajökull that started 14 April, and Fimmvörðuháls 20 March to 12 April. © NASA Earth Observatory.
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Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010
Eyafjallajokull's eruption might not yet have ended or be ending yet. The vent in the western crater still produces small magma explosions and some ash, and a new crater has formed around the vent. Tremor had strongly increased over the past days, but then descreased again. Scientists continue to monitor the state of the volcano closely.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
It seems that the eruption of Eyafjallajökull volcano has finally ended. While there is still a considerable steam plume rising from the crater, no fresh ash or lava emissions have been observed since yesterday (23 May). The measured heat flow from the crater is low and seismic activity has continued to decrease as well.
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Eyafjallajökull volcano Stratovolcano 1666 m (5,466 ft), Iceland, 63.63°N / -19.62°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius): Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (65 quakes) all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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Thu, 26 Apr 06:26 UTC M 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 11.5 km NNE of Hábunga [Map] IMO Thu, 26 Apr 06:26 UTC M 0.1 / 0.8 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 10.3 km NNE of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Wed, 25 Apr (16 earthquakes)Wed, 25 Apr 20:09 UTC M 0.9 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 4.3 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:09 UTC M 1.8 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 5.2 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:08 UTC M 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 4.1 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Wed, 25 Apr 20:07 UTC M 1.5 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 6 km) - Southern Iceland 4.2 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:07 UTC M 2.1 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 5.2 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Wed, 25 Apr 20:04 UTC M 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 4.2 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:04 UTC M 1.0 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 5.5 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:01 UTC M 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 3.8 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:01 UTC M 1.5 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 5.4 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 20:01 UTC M 0.3 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 4.9 km ESE of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 19:56 UTC M 0.6 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 5.6 km E of Goðabunga [Map] IMO
Wed, 25 Apr 18:15 UTC M 0.7 / 1.9 km - [info ] Katla ( 6 km) - Southern Iceland 3.0 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 18:15 UTC M 0.1 / 1.4 km - [info ] Katla ( 6 km) - Southern Iceland 3.7 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Wed, 25 Apr 18:15 UTC M 0.9 / 2.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 3.8 km NW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 13:52 UTC M 0.6 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 3.6 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Wed, 25 Apr 03:09 UTC M 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 6 km) - Southern Iceland 4.1 km ESE of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Tue, 24 Apr Tue, 24 Apr 22:02 UTC M 1.7 / 1.1 km - [info ] Eyafjallajökull ( 13 km) 5.9 km WSW of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Tue, 24 Apr 22:01 UTC M 0.9 / 1.8 km - [info ] Katla ( 15 km) - Southern Iceland 9.2 km N of Goðabunga [Map] IMO
Tue, 24 Apr 13:11 UTC M 0.4 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 7 km) 8.1 km ENE of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Mon, 23 Apr Mon, 23 Apr 22:01 UTC M 0.8 / 1.1 km - [info ] Tindfjallajökull ( 12 km) 10.3 km NE of Básar [Map] IMO Mon, 23 Apr 16:46 UTC M 0.2 / 5.9 km - [info ] Hekla ( 10 km) 8.6 km ENE of Vatnafjöll [Map] IMO
Mon, 23 Apr 16:46 UTC M 0.4 / 9.5 km - [info ] Hekla ( 10 km) 9.7 km ENE of Vatnafjöll [Map] IMO Mon, 23 Apr 12:09 UTC M 0.2 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 12 km) - Southern Iceland 2.4 km WSW of Goðabunga [Map] IMO
Sun, 22 Apr (7 earthquakes)Sun, 22 Apr 23:03 UTC M 1.0 / 11.4 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 7 km) 10.8 km NNW of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Sun, 22 Apr 23:03 UTC M 1.4 / 10.5 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 6 km) 10.5 km NNW of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Sun, 22 Apr 22:08 UTC M 0.6 / 13.8 km - [info ] Katla ( 13 km) - Southern Iceland 9.5 km NNE of Goðabunga [Map] IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 22:03 UTC M 1.0 / 1.1 km - [info ] Eyafjallajökull ( 8 km) 5.7 km WNW of Básar [Map] IMO Sun, 22 Apr 22:02 UTC M 0.8 / 11.8 km - [info ] ( 30 km) 7.4 km E of Hella [Map] IMO
Sun, 22 Apr 16:00 UTC M 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 4 km) 7.9 km NE of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Sun, 22 Apr 15:30 UTC M 1.2 / 0.1 km - [info ] Hekla ( 24 km) 12.8 km SSE of Árnes [Map] IMO Sat, 21 Apr (6 earthquakes)Sat, 21 Apr 22:08 UTC M 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info ] Eyafjallajökull ( 13 km) 4.1 km ENE of Básar [Map] IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 22:06 UTC M 1.1 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 14 km) - Southern Iceland 4.8 km NW of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Sat, 21 Apr 13:40 UTC M 0.6 / 0.5 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 5 km) 7.9 km S of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 06:10 UTC M 0.8 / 8.6 km - [info ] Grímsnes ( 23 km) 10.0 km SW of Árnes [Map] IMO Sat, 21 Apr 05:20 UTC M 0.1 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 6 km) 5.5 km NNW of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Sat, 21 Apr 04:00 UTC M 0.3 / 7.7 km - [info ] Hekla ( 26 km) 6.4 km SSE of Árnes [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr (22 earthquakes)Fri, 20 Apr 19:00 UTC M 0.1 / 1.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 4.1 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 19:00 UTC M 0.4 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 4.8 km NNW of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 11:37 UTC M 0.4 / 8.3 km - [info ] Grímsnes ( 29 km) 10.4 km SSW of Árnes [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 11:37 UTC M 0.9 / 7.6 km - [info ] ( 30 km) 10.2 km S of Árnes [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:33 UTC M 1.1 / 1.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 7.2 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:33 UTC M 1.7 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 6.8 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:33 UTC M 0.6 / 0.3 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 4 km) 6.6 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:31 UTC M 0.1 / 1.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 4 km) 5.9 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 08:31 UTC M 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 6.1 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:30 UTC M 0.6 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 5 km) 5.8 km SW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 08:28 UTC M 0.2 / 1.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 7.2 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:28 UTC M 0.3 / 1.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 7.0 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:28 UTC M 1.1 / 20.6 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 6 km) 10.9 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:59 UTC M 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 4 km) 5.7 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:47 UTC M 2.4 / 0.1 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 3 km) 7.4 km WSW of Landmannalaugar [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 06:11 UTC M 1.3 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 3 km) - Southern Iceland 8.9 km ENE of Goðabunga [Map] IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 05:45 UTC M 0.5 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 5 km) - Southern Iceland 6.3 km ENE of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 05:41 UTC M 0.4 / 11 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 10.1 km NNE of Hábunga [Map] IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 05:41 UTC M 1.2 / 7.2 km - [info ] Katla ( 4 km) - Southern Iceland 10.3 km NNE of Hábunga [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 05:30 UTC M 0.4 / 0.1 km - [info ] Katla ( 14 km) - Southern Iceland 4.5 km NW of Goðabunga [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 05:30 UTC M 1.0 / 12 km - [info ] Tindfjallajökull ( 12 km) 11.7 km SSW of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 01:07 UTC M 0.7 / 6.2 km - [info ] Torfajökull ( 9 km) 13.4 km NNW of Álftavatn [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr Thu, 19 Apr 22:29 UTC M 1.1 / 8 km - [info ] Vatnafjöll ( 11 km) - Southern Iceland 10.0 km ENE of Vatnafjöll [Map] IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 22:29 UTC M 1.7 / 7.4 km - [info ] Vatnafjöll ( 11 km) - Southern Iceland 10.5 km ENE of Vatnafjöll [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 22:03 UTC M 0.9 / 1.1 km - [info ] Tindfjallajökull ( 15 km) 4.2 km NE of Básar [Map] IMO
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