{"id":11553,"date":"2023-08-16T14:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11553"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:37:56","slug":"inflation-detected-in-torfajokull-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11553","title":{"rendered":"Inflation detected in Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Icelandic Met Office reported that inflation has been detected in <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=372050\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano<\/a>. This inflation started around middle of June. The inflation has now reached around 40mm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11555\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?attachment_id=11555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11555 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n-1024x1011.jpg\" alt=\"Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano caldera. This image is purple to green from west to east. The centre of the Torfaj\u00f6kull caldera is shown with red colour to show the inflation.\" width=\"525\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n-1024x1011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/365762780_723169443172386_4075649032014174085_n.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inflation of Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How fast this is going to evolve is difficult to know since last eruption took place in 1477 and that was probably an eruption as a result of magma injection from B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. Last eruption in Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano it self might have happened last in the year 1170. Eruptions in Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano are almost always explosive eruptions with an dangerous ash cloud that drifts under the direction of wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icelandic Met Office reported that inflation has been detected in Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano. This inflation started around middle of June. The inflation has now reached around 40mm. How fast this is going to evolve is difficult to know since last eruption took place in 1477 and that was probably an eruption as a result of magma &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11553\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Inflation detected in Torfaj\u00f6kull volcano&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,64,40,25,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inflation","category-magma","category-monitoring","category-torfajokull","category-volcano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11557,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11553\/revisions\/11557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}