{"id":1144,"date":"2011-07-09T12:51:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T12:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2011-07-09T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T13:13:53","slug":"harmonic-tremor-still-high-in-katla-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Harmonic tremor still high in Katla volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently harmonic tremor remains high in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volcano.si.edu\/world\/volcano.cfm?vnum=1702-03=\">Katla volcano<\/a>. But at the moment the harmonic tremor is dropping. Earthquakes have also stopped for the moment. But currently the harmonic tremor is well above the background level for this area. It is still not clear if this was an eruption or just hydrothermal areas clearing it self of extra water. But in the news at R\u00fav noon they did report that the ice cauldrons that are normally there had deepened over the past few weeks in M\u00fdrdalsj\u00f6kull glacier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 1:<\/strong> Earthquake activity has stopped for the moment. But I am expecting it to resume soon. As I do not think that this event is over, even if it has just paused for the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Three cauldron have formed in M\u00fdrdalsj\u00f6kull glacier and large cracks have formed around them. All traffic has been banned on M\u00fdrdalsj\u00f6kull glacier and the glacier that comes from it.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the current tremor charts from Icelandic Met Office web page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alf.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alf.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"alf.9.july.2011.12.36.utc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alf.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif 640w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alf.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarmonic tremor is dropping as can clearly be seen on this picture. <em>Copyright of this picture belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/god.9.july_.2011.12.37.utc_.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/god.9.july_.2011.12.37.utc_.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"god.9.july.2011.12.37.utc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/god.9.july_.2011.12.37.utc_.gif 640w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/god.9.july_.2011.12.37.utc_-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarmonic tremor is dropping as can clearly be seen on this picture. <em>Copyright of this picture belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sly.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sly.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"sly.9.july.2011.12.36.utc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sly.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_.gif 640w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sly.9.july_.2011.12.36.utc_-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarmonic tremor is dropping as can clearly be seen on this picture. <em>Copyright of this picture belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am going to post update on Katla volcano later today and earlier if anything major happens.<\/p>\n<p>News with picture of the M\u00fdrdalsj\u00f6kull glacier. It is covered with dark ash from Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano eruption last year and volcano ash from the eruption in Gr\u00edmsfjall volcano 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbl.is\/frettir\/innlent\/2011\/07\/09\/miklar_sprungur_i_sigkotlunum\/\">Miklar sprungur \u00ed sigk\u00f6tlunum<\/a> (mbl.is, Picture, Icelandic)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/svona-litur-jokullinn-ut\">Svona l\u00edtur j\u00f6kullinn \u00fat<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Icelandic, Picture)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/thrir-greinilegir-sigkatlar-\/article\/2011110709076\">\u00der\u00edr greinilegir sigkatlar<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic, Picture)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/bruin-rofnadi-af-i-heilu-lagi-\/article\/2011110709071\">Br\u00fain rofna\u00f0i af \u00ed heilu lagi<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic, Picture)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/ovissa-um-hlaup-eda-litid-eldgos\">\u00d3vissa um hlaup e\u00f0a l\u00edti\u00f0 eldgos<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Icelandic, Pictures)<\/p>\n<p><em>Blog post updated at 13:13 UTC 9. July 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently harmonic tremor remains high in Katla volcano. But at the moment the harmonic tremor is dropping. Earthquakes have also stopped for the moment. But currently the harmonic tremor is well above the background level for this area. 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