{"id":5158,"date":"2014-10-17T18:24:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2014-10-17T18:38:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:38:56","slug":"increased-risk-of-eruption-in-tungafellsjokull-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=5158","title":{"rendered":"Increased risk of eruption in Tungafellsj\u00f6kull volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is now an increased risk of eruption in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=373040\" target=\"_blank\">Tungafellsj\u00f6kull<\/a> volcano (<strong>this is my opinion only<\/strong>). This volcano is different than<a href=\"http:\/\/www.volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=373030\" target=\"_blank\"> B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga<\/a> volcano and is not connected to it on crustal levels (46 km top layer of the Earth crust in this area).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141017_1550.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141017_1550.jpeg\" alt=\"141017_1550\" width=\"540\" height=\"596\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141017_1550.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141017_1550-271x300.jpeg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano is to left of B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano on this image. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There has never been any historical eruption in Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano far as I know. So I have no data to work with in terms of analysing historical behaviour of this volcano. There is a stress factor at work here from B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano, this means that all the activity and drop of the B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano is changing the stress in nearby crust, this is the <em>idea<\/em> for the moment about how activity in Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano started. There is an increased risk of magma rising from depth into Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano from all of this. I <strong>don&#8217;t know<\/strong> why that appears to be the case (based on the data that I got), since magma coming into Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano is from its own deep root system that is connected to Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano. Even if magma is entering Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano it does <strong>not<\/strong> mean an eruption is imminent. The risk of an eruption in Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano is increasing at the moment, it might get lowered again soon, but this is the current status. Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano continues to have Green status on Icelandic Met Office <a href=\"http:\/\/en.vedur.is\/earthquakes-and-volcanism\/volcanic-eruptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If anything more happens in Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano I am going update this article or post a new one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is now an increased risk of eruption in Tungafellsj\u00f6kull volcano (this is my opinion only). This volcano is different than B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano and is not connected to it on crustal levels (46 km top layer of the Earth crust in this area). Tungnafellsj\u00f6kull volcano is to left of B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano on this image. 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