Earthquake activity has been increasing in the past 24 hours. I’m not sure why that is happening, but several magnitude 4,0 and stronger earthquakes have been taking place since midnight. That also seems to be the general earthquake activity in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga<\/a> volcano at the moment. Earthquake activity along the dyke is also increasing, I am not sure what that means at the moment.<\/p>\n Air quality <\/strong><\/p>\n SO2 pollution is a big problem in Iceland due to the eruption. Yesterday the SO2 pollution in a valley called J\u00f6kuldal, with pollution values going up to 7800 \u03bcg\/m\u00b3. This pollution goes where the wind is blowing at any given time. Still weathers are the worst since that allows for SO2 to build up in the atmosphere and in location that are low in the landscape.<\/p>\n Icelandic News<\/strong><\/p>\n Einn fegursti g\u00edgur \u00cdslands er a\u00f0 myndast \u00ed eldgosinu<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic, video) Article updated at 23:08 UTC.<\/em> The eruption in Holuhraun continues at the same phase as it has been doing last week. Current flow of lava from the crater is around 60 – 80 m\u00b3\/sec according to the news on St\u00f6\u00f0 2 (Channel 2). The lava field is in many areas nothing but a shell, below it is the 1000C hot … <\/p>\n![\"150112_2055\"](\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/150112_2055.png\")
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\nLatest earthquakes in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano for the past 48 hours. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDimmt af mengun \u00e1 J\u00f6kuldal<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Icelandic)<\/p>\n
\nArticle updated at 23:42 UTC.<\/em>
\nArticle updated at 20:16 UTC on 13-January-2015.<\/em>
\nArticle updated at 20:19 UTC on 13-January-2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"