Category ICELAND REGION

Small Glacial Flood And Earthquake Swarm At Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland

A small jökulhlaup (glacier outburst flood) started yesterday from the subglacial lake Grímsvötn and has been discharging into the river Gígjukvísl.    The event, which could have been triggered by normal fluctuations of hydrothermal activity under the ice is expected…

MAGNITUDE 3.3 – ICELAND REGION Subject to change Depth: 10 km   Distances: Latitude, Longitude  71.152  -11.440  (528.3 km NNE of Kolbeinsey) Earthquake location   08 Mar 11:00 GMT Time and magnitude of earthquake   08 Mar 11:00 GMT