Jón Frímann points to an interesting pattern of earthquakes around the caldera at Bardarbunga, suggesting that the volcano might be getting ready to erupt. Icelandic Met Office. It is hard to tell from the webcams, since Bardarbunga 2 is shaking too much. This may be bad weather – except that the weather shown at the […]
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The BBC are reporting that small “cauldrons” have appeared on the glacier over the growing dyke of rock that is penetrating upwards in the Bárðarbunga region of Iceland. This suggests that the magma has reached the bottom of the ice, and causing it to melt, with the overlying cap then collapsing into the cavity. Jón […]
Most of my focus as I watch the earthquake patterns in Iceland has been on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, but it appears that the number of quakes up at Bárðarbunga has reached the point of concern. Earthquake pattern in Iceland on Aug 17, 2014 (Iceland Met Office) A closer look at the site seems to show […]
Most of my focus as I watch the earthquake patterns in Iceland has been on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, but it appears that the number of quakes up at Bárðarbunga has reached the point of concern. Earthquake pattern in Iceland on Aug 17, 2014 (Iceland Met Office) A closer look at the site seems to show […]