Eyafjallajökull volcano
Stratovolcano 1666 m (5,466 ft)
Iceland, 63.63°N / -19.62°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Iceland, 63.63°N / -19.62°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 1 Mar 2020
Eyafjallajökull volcano (its name meaning Island-Mountain under a glacier) under the small homonymous glacier in southern Iceland erupted spectacularly on 20 March 2010, after having been dormant for almost 200 years. During its most violent phase, the subglacial eruption produced large ash plumes that drifted over Europe and forced an unprecedented closure of airspace over most of Europe for several days in mid April 2010.
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Eyafjallajökull volcano eruptions: 1821-23, 20 March - June 2010
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location | |
| Tue, 19 Jan 2021 (GMT) | ||||
| 19 Jan 2021 05:34:50 GMT | 0.5 8 km - More | 28 km | 7.2 Km SW of Vatnafjöll, Iceland | |
| 19 Jan 2021 04:22:54 GMT | 0.6 7.6 km - More | 34 km | 6.4 Km WNW of Vatnafjöll, Iceland | |
| Mon, 18 Jan 2021 (GMT) | ||||
| 18 Jan 2021 11:51:39 GMT | 0.6 0.1 km - More | 24 km | 6.3 Km NE of Goðabunga, Iceland | |
| 18 Jan 2021 09:18:12 GMT | 0.4 0.4 km - More | 24 km | 5.4 Km ENE of Goðabunga, Iceland | |
| 18 Jan 2021 5:05 am (GMT +0) (18 Jan 2021 05:05:37 GMT) | 0.1 1.1 km - More | 23 km | 4.5 Km ESE of Goðabunga, Iceland | |
Background
Eyjafjöll, located immediately west of Katla volcano, consists of an E-W-trending, elongated ice-covered basaltic-andesite stratovolcano with a 2.5-km-wide summit caldera.Fissure-fed lava flows occur on both the eastern and western flanks of the volcano, but are more prominent on the western side. Although the 1666-m-high volcano has erupted during historical time, it has been less active than other volcanoes of Iceland's eastern volcanic zone, and relatively few Holocene lava flows are known. The sole historical eruption of Eyjafjöll, during December 1821 to January 1823, produced intermediate-to-silicic tephra from the central caldera.
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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institute
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