The eruption in Holuhraun and the connected seismic activity in Bárðarbunga caldera seem to be fading out. Last Saturday the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) reported that no earthquake had exceeded magnitude 3 for more than 48 hours. That was the first time, since the beginning of the activity in August 16th 2014, that the Vatnajökull earthquake map did not show a green star, the sign for an earthquake of magnitude larger than 3.
According to the newest report from the Institute of Earth Sciences (IES) the intensity of the eruption in Holuhraun has decreased markedly in the last few weeks. Only one vent is active inside the crater and the lava lake has dried up. As you can see in the video below the changes are evident.
Read more: Veteran volcanologist reiterates his prediction that the Holuhraun eruption will end in March
The new lava field now covers around 85 square km (32.8 sq. mi).
Read more: The black lava field is clearly visible from orbit
The subsidence of Bárðarbunga caldera is 61 m (200 ft) and continues but the rate is decreasing. The volume of the subsidence is 1.7 – 1.8 km³ (0.41-0.43 sq. mi). This is the largest subsidence that has been measured in modern times at a caldera in Iceland.
Bárðarbunga is at the center of a 200 km (124 mi) long volcanic system, one of the largest on the planet. The 10 km (6,2 mi) wide caldera is located underneath a 600 to 850-meter (1,968 to 2,788 ft.) thick ice cap in Vatnajökull glacier.
The eruption in Holuhraun is in an ice free zone about 41 km (25.5 mi) north of the caldera.
The eruption in Holuhraun and the connected seismic activity in Bárðarbunga caldera seem to be fading out. Last Saturday the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) reported that no earthquake had exceeded magnitude 3 for more than 48 hours. That was the first time, since the beginning of the activity in August 16th 2014, that the Vatnajökull earthquake map did not show a green star, the sign for an earthquake of magnitude larger than 3.
According to the newest report from the Institute of Earth Sciences (IES) the intensity of the eruption in Holuhraun has decreased markedly in the last few weeks. Only one vent is active inside the crater and the lava lake has dried up. As you can see in the video below the changes are evident.
Read more: Veteran volcanologist reiterates his prediction that the Holuhraun eruption will end in March
The new lava field now covers around 85 square km (32.8 sq. mi).
Read more: The black lava field is clearly visible from orbit
The subsidence of Bárðarbunga caldera is 61 m (200 ft) and continues but the rate is decreasing. The volume of the subsidence is 1.7 – 1.8 km³ (0.41-0.43 sq. mi). This is the largest subsidence that has been measured in modern times at a caldera in Iceland.
Bárðarbunga is at the center of a 200 km (124 mi) long volcanic system, one of the largest on the planet. The 10 km (6,2 mi) wide caldera is located underneath a 600 to 850-meter (1,968 to 2,788 ft.) thick ice cap in Vatnajökull glacier.
The eruption in Holuhraun is in an ice free zone about 41 km (25.5 mi) north of the caldera.
