In 2016 Bárðarbunga volcano kept busy all year with inflating and preparing for the next eruption.
On 31-December-2016 a swarm of earthquake happened in Bárðarbunga volcano, largest earthquake in that swarm had the magnitude of 3,6 and the second largest earthquake had the magnitude of 3,3. On 02-January-2017 few earthquake happened, the largest one having the magnitude of 2,8.
The earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
At the moment, the Bárðarbunga volcano continues to inflate at what seems to be a rather fast rate. When that might lead to an eruption is difficult to know. Other more complex factors are also at work here that I don’t know to well and are impossible to figure out.
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