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Icevolcan
Jul 30, 2022
Earthquake in Reykjanes
At noon today, a powerful earthquake series with high microseismic activity began just northeast of Fagradalsfjall, a short distance...
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Icevolcan
Jun 10, 2022
State or uncertainty is lifted at Reyjanes
The National Commissioner of Police, in consultation with the Commissioner of Police in Suðurnes, cancels the level of uncertainty of the...
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Icevolcan
Jun 3, 2022
...No more inflation at Þorbjörn...
Inflation in the area west of Þorbjörn has decreased significantly in the last week. No inflation increase has been measured on the...
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Icevolcan
May 26, 2022
Icelandic Chicken Race
Geological time is interesting, because even the geological now is decades long, if not centuries. The current geological episode at...
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Icevolcan
May 25, 2022
Volcanic activity goes beyond Reykjanes
Hundreds of tremors are detected daily on the Reykjanes peninsula. Some 7,300 earthquakes have been seen there in the past month, near...
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Icevolcan
May 24, 2022
...Constant influx of magma and over 7000 earthquakes...
Hundreds of small earthquakes are still measured on the Reykjanes peninsula every day. In the last month, 7,300 earthquakes have been...
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Icevolcan
May 23, 2022
...New satellite imagery shows inflation has been around 40-45 mm...
New satellite images have been received from the Sentinel-1 satellite from April 27 to May 21. It shows that the land ice has been around...
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Icevolcan
May 16, 2022
Eldvörp, area of recent earthquakes on Reykjanes
...A possible area to be watched and of recent earthquakes: Eldvörp, name of a row of scoria and spatter cones in off-set sections of 10...
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Icevolcan
May 14, 2022
Slight expansion at Svartsengi
Considerable seismic activity has been detected on the Reykjanes peninsula last week and the activity has been greatest at Svartsengi and...
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Icevolcan
May 14, 2022
Ground inflation at Þorbjörn and Fagradalsfjall and the earth trembles
Ground inflation is at Þorbjörn and Fagradalsfjall. This was stated in the RÚV lunch news. About 400 earthquakes have occurred on the...
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Icevolcan
Dec 22, 2021
Activity most directly under the last active crater at Fagradalsfjall
A strong earthquake still stands at Fagradalsfjall. The largest quake this morning was 4.9. Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson says the...
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Icevolcan
Jul 2, 2021
Last night's pulsating eruption phase at Fagradalsfjall
Last night's pulsating eruption phase, since 2.30 it is resting again, waiting for the next phase.
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Icevolcan
Apr 19, 2021
Latest data on the eruption in Fagradalsfjall, 19 April 2021
Measurements of lava flow: The latest data on lava flow and lava flow are based on yesterday's flight. Aerial photographs were taken from...
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Icevolcan
Mar 24, 2021
Map of eruption site with hiking route at Geldingadalur
A work map that was prepared for a field trip of geology students to the eruption site on 23.03.2021. On the map you can see, among other...
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Icevolcan
Mar 23, 2021
Description of rock samples collected during the first two days of the eruption in Geldingadalur
The Geldingadal lava field is dilated and contains the following minerals (sorted by quantity): plagioclase> olivine> clinopyroxene>...
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