{"id":4677,"date":"2014-08-16T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2014-08-17T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T03:54:08","slug":"unconfirmed-eruption-in-bardarbunga-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=4677","title":{"rendered":"Unconfirmed eruption in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"

This information is going to get outdated quickly<\/strong> as more information is collected on this activity.<\/p>\n

During all last week (Week 33) there has been a minor earthquake swarm in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga<\/a> volcano. No other activity followed this minor earthquake activity during the week until last night (16-August-2014). During the night (around 02:20 UTC) a harmonic tremor started to appear on SIL stations around B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. Following the appearance of the harmonic tremor earthquake activity started around 03:30 UTC. Largest earthquakes in this swarm have magnitude around 3,0 so far. Depth is around 5 to 10 km. During the night the earthquake swarm moved around in the volcano and is now more east then it first started. According to R\u00fav news the glacier around this part of Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier is around 700 meters thick, so it going to take a major eruption<\/em> to break the ice. This however also means that when a glacier flood starts in this area there is a high risk<\/em> that is going to be large.<\/p>\n

\"140816.040416.hkbz.psn\"<\/a>
\nThe largest earthquake that I did record during the night. This image is released under CC Licence. Please see CC Licence page for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"140816_1145\"<\/a>
\nThe earthquake swarm in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano at 11:45 UTC. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dyn.svd.16.08.2014.12.01.utc\"<\/a>
\nHarmonic tremor on Dyngjuh\u00e1ls SIL station. This SIL stations is closest to the area of activity in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"von.svd.16.08.2014.12.02.utc\"<\/a>
\nHarmonic tremor on Vonaskar\u00f0 SIL station. This is one of the SIL station that is closest to the area of activity in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n

Currently the activity in B\u00e1r\u00f0abunga volcano is not stable, it does fluctuate a little. Besides this minor fluctuation it seems stable. Based on harmonic tremor signal and its range this does not appear to be a large eruption so far. That might change without warning. I do however expect larger earthquakes before any<\/em> major volcano eruption in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. What seems to have happened is that a dike intrusion got to the surface and started this eruption, even if it is just small one at current time.<\/p>\n

I am going to post update soon as more information gets available. This situation is going to change quickly and without much warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This information is going to get outdated quickly as more information is collected on this activity. During all last week (Week 33) there has been a minor earthquake swarm in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. No other activity followed this minor earthquake activity during the week until last night (16-August-2014). During the night (around 02:20 UTC) a harmonic … <\/p>\n

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