At 19:10 UTC today (02-February-2022) an strong earthquake swarm started in Katla volcano. Strongest earthquakes so far had a magnitude of Mw4,0 (19:10 UTC) and Mw3,4 (19:44 UTC).
At the writing of this article it is unclear if this is going to result in an eruption. The chances are good, but this activity might still slow down and stop before any eruption, small or large happens in Katla volcano.
This article is going to be updated if needed or new article is going to be written if the situation changes enough from what it is now.
Interesting event
Interesting in deed. Activity is centered exactly the same region as the recent earlier active periods. However the EQs are shallow, nearly surface level, and no recent deeper quakes indicating magma influx, so kinda looks this was just a grumble.
Based on experience in July 2017 and earlier. Volcano activity in Katla volcano starts like this. It happens slowly over few days with increasing earthquake activity. This has the downside that I don’t know if this is going to result in a volcano activity, there is a good chance that it is going to do so, but it requires few days to be sure.
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