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A noticeable decrease in seismicity

Since midnight today, around 300 earthquakes have occurred in the area around Bardarbunga.

News in english 2.9.2014 13:11

Over five hundred earthquakes since midnight

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was recorded on the Bárðarbunga caldera this morning, and another of magnitude 5.2 at 11:41 UTC in the same region.

News in english 1.9.2014 13:54

Amazing pictures from the eruption

Armann Hoskuldsson, a scientist at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, took some amazing photographs in the early morning when scientists witnessed the eruption in Holuhraun north of Dyngjujokull.

News in english 31.8.2014 13:55

Live webcam: "Similar in size to the largest Krafla eruptions"

Magma started flowing in Holuhraun at 5:00 AM this morning. The eruption is located on the same fissure as the previous eruption on Friday morning, but is many times larger. This is the third eruption in the Bárðarbunga region in roughly a week, and the largest by far.

News in english 31.8.2014 13:30

Eruption started again

An eruption has started again in Holuhraun, just north of Dyngjujokull in Iceland. The eruption was visible from a live webcam at 5:49 AM local time.

News in english 31.8.2014 06:34

Stunning images from the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun at sunrise

The eruption near Bardarbunga volcano is not considered a risk to international flight plans.

News in english 29.8.2014 12:15

Air traffic not affected

The eruption in the Holuhraun lava field in Iceland has no impact on air traffic from Keflavik airport, at least at this stage.

News in english 29.8.2014 06:19

The fissure thought to be about one kilometre long

A scientist at the IMO in Iceland located about five kilometres from the eruption in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, estimates that the fissure is about one kilometer long.

News in english 29.8.2014 04:14

Volcanic eruption confirmed north of Dyngjujökull

Webcams show that lava eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull.

News in english 29.8.2014 01:16

iPod reclaimed by owner after taking European trip

Júlia is ecstatic about recovering her iPod.

News in english 28.8.2014 20:42

Alert phase for flight over Askja raised to yellow

The alert phase for flight over Askja has been raised to yellow. This suggests that the Askja caldera is showing signs of activity beyond the norm.

News in english 28.8.2014 17:31

No change on the surface of Vatnajökull

The cauldrons, detected yesterday, appear to look the same. They have not grown in size.

News in english 28.8.2014 12:06

10-15 m deep cauldrons detected in Bardarbunga

The cauldrons have been formed as a result of melting, possibly an eruption, uncertain when.

News in english 28.8.2014 01:23

Two quakes over magnitude five and one large near Askja

More seismicity was measured in the Bárðarbunga area tonight than the night before, with over 500 quakes registered between midnight and 6 AM.

News in english 27.8.2014 10:39

The largest earthquake yet in Bardarbunga

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano overnight.

News in english 26.8.2014 08:40

Right call to issue eruption alert

"Right now we're analyzing what was going on. As of now we don't know, but we'll keep analyzing and add it to the data pool," says Sigrún Karlsdóttir,at the IMO.

News in english 25.8.2014 15:54

Large amount of magma accumulated in a week

270 million cubic meters of magma has gathered underneath Dyngjujökull in just one week.

News in english 25.8.2014 15:49

Planes diverted away from danger zone

100000 flights were cancelled during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. It is doubtful that the same will happen again.

News in english 25.8.2014 15:44

The aviation alert level lowered

The Icelandic Met Office has lowered the aviation alert level for flights.

News in english 24.8.2014 12:40

The largest earthquake yet

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has occurred in the Bárðarbunga caldera at 5 km depth at 00:09. It is the strongest event measured since the onset of the seismic crisis at Bárðarbunga.

News in english 24.8.2014 00:48

No obvious signs of volcanic eruption

During three hours of aerial surveillance, there were no obvious signs of volcanic activity.

News in english 23.8.2014 21:35

Sub-glacial volcanic eruption under Dyngjujökull glacier

A small sub-glacial volcanic eruption has now started under the icecap of Dyngjujökull glacier in the Northern part of Vatnajökull glacier. There is no visible eruption cloud and the eruption could remain sub-glacial.

News in english 23.8.2014 18:25

No-Fly Zone

A large part of southeastern Iceland is a no-fly zone due to the eruption in Dyngjujökull glacier. The decision about the no-fly zone is re-estimated every two hours.

News in english 23.8.2014 17:11

International air traffic not affected

International flights still operate to and from Keflavik International Airport, in spite of the eruption in Dyngjujökull glacier, near Bárðarbunga, which started earlier today.

News in english 23.8.2014 15:20

An eruption in Dyngjujökull glacier

Scientists at the Icelandic Met Office believe that a small sub-glacial volcanic eruption has now started under the icecap of Dyngjujökull glacier in the Northern part of Vatnajökull glacier

News in english 23.8.2014 14:36

Chances of eruption increase as seismic activity drags on

Scientists differ on how to interpret several large quakes from Thursday that originated in the center of the Bárðarbunga caldera.

News in english 22.8.2014 11:34

Strongest earthquake yet in Bardarbunga

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 shook the Bardarbunga volcano just before midnight last night.

News in english 22.8.2014 10:13

No signs of receding seismic actvity in Bárðarbunga

Close to 300 earthquakes were recorded there last night, of which two reached over 3 on the Richter scale.

News in english 21.8.2014 14:03

Magma surge towards the surface would be very powerful

The current situation at Bárðarbunga is many times more powerful than the one that led to the Gjálpar eruption in 1996.

News in english 20.8.2014 14:58

Composed music from the Bárðarbunga quakes

"All music is just data, in a way. You can interpret Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as data, which is just notes of variable pitches at variable times. In that way, earthquakes are no different."

News in english 20.8.2014 14:52