The intensive seismic swarm in Katla volcano has gone down a bit according to The Icelandic Met Office (IMO). Earthquakes in the large sub-glacial volcano, located in South Iceland, started to pick up the pace earlier this summer and on Thursday (29 September) a very intensive pulse began in the caldera.
Yesterday (30 September) the largest swarm, if compared with the previous activity, started at 12.02 (12.02 pm) with several earthquakes around magnitude 3 or larger shaking the volcano and at 20.54 (8.54 pm) an other 3,0 magnitude quake was detected reports IMO.
However no volcanic tremor has been detected nor any signs of glacial flood in rivers flowing from Mýrdalsjökull glacier, the home of the volcano.
From midnight until 9 this morning IMO has recorded 22 quakes in the volcano, the largest was magnitude 2.7.
The aviation colour code for Katla remains yellow. This alert is issued when a volcano is exhibiting signs of elevated unrest above known background level, in accordance with recommended International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) procedures.
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The last large eruption in Katla was in 1918. Until then eruptions at an interval of 13 to 95 years marked the volcano's history. Scientists believe there might have occurred a small eruption under the ice cap in 2011, causing the glacier outburst flood in Múlakvísl river that swept away a bridge and damaged roads in the area.
Mýrdalsjökull is Iceland's fourth largest ice cap covering 596 km2 (230 sq mi). Its located on the south coast. The summit is at 1.493 m (4.898 ft) above sea level.
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The closely monitored magma chamber of Katla is 2 km (1.24 mi) below the top of the 400 to 600 m (1.312-1.968 ft ) thick ice cap.
Police has closed access to Sólheimajökull, the long outlet glacier on the southwest side of Mýrdalsjökull, which is a very popular travel destination. It's close to the Ring Route with a good parking space close by and it's easily accessible to hikers when open to traffic.
The intensive seismic swarm in Katla volcano has gone down a bit according to The Icelandic Met Office (IMO). Earthquakes in the large sub-glacial volcano, located in South Iceland, started to pick up the pace earlier this summer and on Thursday (29 September) a very intensive pulse began in the caldera.
Yesterday (30 September) the largest swarm, if compared with the previous activity, started at 12.02 (12.02 pm) with several earthquakes around magnitude 3 or larger shaking the volcano and at 20.54 (8.54 pm) an other 3,0 magnitude quake was detected reports IMO.
However no volcanic tremor has been detected nor any signs of glacial flood in rivers flowing from Mýrdalsjökull glacier, the home of the volcano.
From midnight until 9 this morning IMO has recorded 22 quakes in the volcano, the largest was magnitude 2.7.
The aviation colour code for Katla remains yellow. This alert is issued when a volcano is exhibiting signs of elevated unrest above known background level, in accordance with recommended International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) procedures.
Read more: Monster volcano Katla keeps clearing her throat
The last large eruption in Katla was in 1918. Until then eruptions at an interval of 13 to 95 years marked the volcano's history. Scientists believe there might have occurred a small eruption under the ice cap in 2011, causing the glacier outburst flood in Múlakvísl river that swept away a bridge and damaged roads in the area.
Mýrdalsjökull is Iceland's fourth largest ice cap covering 596 km2 (230 sq mi). Its located on the south coast. The summit is at 1.493 m (4.898 ft) above sea level.
Read more: A guide to Iceland’s glaciers, what to do there & their claim to fame
The closely monitored magma chamber of Katla is 2 km (1.24 mi) below the top of the 400 to 600 m (1.312-1.968 ft ) thick ice cap.
Police has closed access to Sólheimajökull, the long outlet glacier on the southwest side of Mýrdalsjökull, which is a very popular travel destination. It's close to the Ring Route with a good parking space close by and it's easily accessible to hikers when open to traffic.
