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Thorisjokull volcano

Subglacial 1350 m / 4429 ft
Central Iceland, 64.53°N / -20.7°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Thorisjokull volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Thorisjokull volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Fri, 27 Mar 2020
Fri, 27 Mar 11:59 UTCM 0.8 / 3.6 km18 km5.3 km SSE of Skjaldbreið (Iceland)
Sun, 8 Mar 2020
Sun, 8 Mar 20:07 UTCM 0.9 / 1.1 km15 km3.5 km W of Skjaldbreið (Iceland)
Sun, 8 Mar 20:07 UTCM 1.1 / 1.1 km14 km4.0 km WNW of Skjaldbreið (Iceland)
Wed, 4 Mar 2020
Wed, 4 Mar 13:53 UTCM 1.8 / 6.8 km5 km16.3 km SE of Húsafell (Iceland)
Wed, 4 Mar 12:07 UTCM 1.2 / 0.1 km5 km17.1 km N of Skjaldbreið (Iceland)
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Background:

Thorisjökull is a large glacier-covered shield volcano SW of Langjökull volcano.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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