According to a short news today on Rúv it appears that Bárðarbunga volcano has stopped deflating and activity is slowing down in new hydrothermal vents that opened up during the most active period of Bárðarbunga volcano. The rift activity that has started in this region of Iceland is not over yet, even if there is nothing happening at current time.
It is impossible to know when next period of eruptions starts in this area. Until then it is going to remain mostly quiet.
Icelandic news
Sigið í Bárðarbungu er hætt (Rúv.is)
It is exciting what will happens next in the land of fire and ice …….
Was that established by taking measurements of the caldera from the air?
Yes, the got one good day with the weather and used to check up on Bárðarbunga volcano. They flew over it and measured it by radar signal.
Thank you 🙂
Yes, the got one good day with the weather and used to check up on Bárðarbunga volcano. They flew over it and measured it by radar signal.
http://www.mbl.is/english/nature_and_travel/2015/04/14/bardarbunga_not_expected_to_re_erupt/
Thanks, Mike.
A possible swarm somewhere between Vatnafjoll and Torfajokull. Could be mid to deep one.
I did make a phone call to Icelandic Met Office about that. This was a minor earthquake swarm in that area. Mostly earthquakes in the range of -1,0 and up to 1,0 or so. The source of those earthquakes was changes in hydrothermal systems in Torfajökull volcano, at least that was the idea about what was going on.
This type of activity is common in Torfajökull volcano.
A landslide?
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/drumplot/jok.png 18:15
some detailed data here
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/alert/2015/apr/16/083.html
now, how to read this?
According to AP :
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/04/16/61-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-greek-island
no damage or injuries was reported.
EQ’s are common along this fault system.
Map:
http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/700x363xScreen-Shot-2015-04-16-at-21.53.50.jpg.pagespeed.ic.QIgOCyKLu5.jpg
Magnitude 6,1 earthquake in Greece.
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=436951
It also showed up on my geophones, but the signal was smaller on them.
Thank you, I was wondering about that last night.
Thanks again, 🙂
That’s a 7 1/2 minute delay in arrival time from Crete to Iceland.
Another 5.1 mag EQ off Crete at 2:05 hits the Iceland drum plots at 2:13