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Kverkfjoell volcano (Iceland): glacial flood and small phreatic explosion (Icelandic Civil Protection)
Aerial photo of the NE rim of the Kverkjökull glacier with deposits of the flood and ash from the phreatic explosion (
Saturday, Aug 17, 2013
A small phreatic eruption seems to have taken place yesterday at the ice-covered Kverkfjoell central volcano. The steam-driven (no fresh magma involved) explosion followed a small glacial flood on 15 August the Kverkjökull glacier released into the Volga river and was probably a result of the pressure release during the flood. [more]
Kverkfjöll volcano (Eastern Iceland) activity update: occasional small earthquake swarms
Location of quakes (Icelandic Met Office)
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012
A small earthquake swarm occurred on Saturday at Kverkfjoell volcano with about 20 quakes. The largest was a magnitude 2.6 event at 1.1 km depth. ... [more]
 

Kverkfjöll volcano

Stratovolcano 1920? m (ca. 6,299 ft), Eastern Iceland, 64.65°N / -16.72°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (61 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Sun, 22 Apr 03:04 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 21 Apr (11 earthquakes)
Sat, 21 Apr 12:46 UTCM 0.8 / 2.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.1 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 12:46 UTCM 1.5 / 3.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.3 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 10:25 UTCM 0.2 / 1.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland8.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 10:25 UTCM 0.9 / 7.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland9.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 09:12 UTCM 0.1 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland19.2 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 09:10 UTCM 0.4 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland18.5 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 08:36 UTCM 0.1 / 1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 04:08 UTCM 0.4 / 0.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland7.4 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 01:20 UTCM 0.7 / 6.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (15 km) - Central Iceland14.7 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 00:36 UTCM 0.7 / 2.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.9 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Apr 00:07 UTCM 0.9 / 0.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland7.2 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr
Fri, 20 Apr 22:01 UTCM 1.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 18:43 UTCM 0.3 / 15.8 km - [info]Bardarbunga (18 km) - Central Iceland17.8 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 18:43 UTCM 0.2 / 16 km - [info]Bardarbunga (17 km) - Central Iceland17.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 18:41 UTCM 1.2 / 10.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (20 km) - Eastern Iceland14.3 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Apr 17:21 UTCM 0.6 / 5 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (18 km) - Eastern Iceland13.9 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr (12 earthquakes)
Thu, 19 Apr 12:20 UTCM 0.8 / 2.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland1.4 km W of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 06:31 UTCM 0.7 / 2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland5.0 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 05:44 UTCM 0.5 / 12.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (17 km) - Eastern Iceland15.8 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 04:10 UTCM 0.6 / 6.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 03:44 UTCM 0.4 / 4.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (5 km) - Central Iceland3.7 km NNE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:39 UTCM 1.2 / 2.9 km - [info]Bardarbunga (1 km) - Central Iceland1.0 km W of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:39 UTCM 0.7 / 1.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland1.4 km NW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 02:13 UTCM 0.4 / 1.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:45 UTCM 0.5 / 11 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (18 km) - Eastern Iceland16.0 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:16 UTCM 1.8 / 5.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland6.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 01:16 UTCM 1.3 / 0.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Apr 00:15 UTCM 0.5 / 12 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (21 km) - Eastern Iceland12.5 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr (18 earthquakes)
Wed, 18 Apr 23:23 UTCM 0.6 / 9.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland16.0 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 23:23 UTCM 0.8 / 8.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland16.0 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 20:04 UTCM 0.6 / 2.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.7 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 19:45 UTCM 0.7 / 0.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (4 km) - Central Iceland4.6 km SE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 19:39 UTCM 0.7 / 1.3 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland1.9 km ENE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 18:57 UTCM 0.2 / 7.1 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland17.5 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 17:17 UTCM 0.7 / 17.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland15.5 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 16:56 UTCM 0.2 / 3.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland2.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 16:11 UTCM 0.5 / 1.5 km - [info]Bardarbunga (3 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km ESE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 16:04 UTCM 1.0 / 6.3 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland17.7 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 15:39 UTCM 0.2 / 6.8 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland17.5 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 14:03 UTCM 1.1 / 8.9 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland17.5 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 10:09 UTCM 0.3 / 4.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland17.4 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 08:37 UTCM 1.1 / 4.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (14 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 08:37 UTCM 0.6 / 9.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (14 km) - Eastern Iceland13.3 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 08:05 UTCM 0.4 / 8.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland17.5 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 03:51 UTCM 0.2 / 7.4 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (22 km) - Eastern Iceland17.4 km ENE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Apr 01:22 UTCM 0.5 / 2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (19 km) - Eastern Iceland15.1 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr
Tue, 17 Apr 21:00 UTCM 0.6 / 11.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (19 km) - Central Iceland15.6 km SSE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 19:58 UTCM 0.4 / 7.2 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland12.9 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 14:56 UTCM 0.9 / 3.7 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (7 km) - Eastern Iceland10.1 km NNW of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 14:56 UTCM 0.2 / 11.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (9 km) - Eastern Iceland11.5 km NNW of Kverkfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Apr 01:05 UTCM 0.1 / 4.9 km - [info]Askja (12 km) - Central Iceland15.3 km SSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr (7 earthquakes)
Mon, 16 Apr 22:46 UTCM 0.1 / 3.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (1 km) - Central Iceland1.7 km SW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 21:23 UTCM 0.1 / 11.7 km - [info]Bardarbunga (9 km) - Central Iceland10.1 km SSE of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 19:56 UTCM 0.6 - [info]Bardarbunga (2 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km SSW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 17:41 UTCM 0.2 / 0.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (8 km) - Central Iceland8.0 km E of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 12:06 UTCM 0.8 / 6.4 km - [info]Grímsvötn (9 km)11.2 km NNW of Grímsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 07:25 UTCM 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]Bardarbunga (24 km) - Central Iceland8.3 km NW of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Apr 07:25 UTCM 0.3 / 18.4 km - [info]Bardarbunga (27 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km SSW of Trölladyngja
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Apr
Sun, 15 Apr 16:47 UTCM 0.1 / 10.6 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (15 km) - Eastern Iceland14.4 km SE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Apr 10:28 UTCM 1.2 / 7 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (13 km)13.2 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Apr 10:28 UTCM 0.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (13 km)13.3 km E of Hamarinn
[Map]		IMO
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