Bardarbunga Volcano, Iceland

grimsfjall tremors are increasing...

hraun.vedur.is...

Activity has slowed down since the swarms this past weekend.

I did notice that the eq's today at Bardarbunga are a wee bit deep.

Thursday
30.09.2010 15:12:59 64.685 -17.299 7.9 km 1.2 99.0 11.5 km SSW of Kistufell
Thursday
30.09.2010 11:12:21 64.498 -17.546 10.6 km 1.8 99.0 12.7 km E of Hamarinn
Thursday
30.09.2010 06:07:28 64.773 -17.335 6.5 km 1.3 99.0 6.1 km W of Kistufell
Thursday
30.09.2010 03:58:41 64.783 -17.222 7.2 km 1.8 99.0 0.7 km WNW of Kistufell
Thursday
30.09.2010 02:52:53 64.661 -17.042 5.8 km 1.6 99.0 15.5 km SSE of Kistufell

en.vedur.is...=table

I live in Iceland And i am shocked to see all this new information about our volcanos, there is absolutely NO coverage of bárðarbunga and almost none for katla in the media. I'm coming here for news from here on

Awesome site btw ATS

Several volcanoes are showing signs of activity.
But this is also normal.
Because of this, it's difficult to predict which is going to be the next and when.

Hekla should erupt because it has been doing so every 10 years, last time was in 2000. Hekla has only earthquakes 30min before the eruption. However, sometimes Hekla goes long periods dormant.

Katla because it tends to erupt about 6-12 months after Eyjafjallajökull. Also there has been continuing earthquakes in Katla since Eyjafjallajökull began erupting. These are mostly located in the NW of the caldera, the most likely place for a future eruption. No signs of the caldera inflation yet: magma should still be well under. Katla should erupt somewhere within the next 2-3 years.

Bardarbunga and Grimsvotn are other sister volcanoes, located close to each other. Both are due to eruption. Grimsvotn does so every 5-6 years! Bardarbunga erupts less often. But both have been showing lots of earthquake activity and Grimsvotn significant inflation. Both are very active volcanoes. It wouldn't be any surprise to see Grimsvotn erupting this winter. Or an eruption somewhere along Bardarbunga fissure within the next 5 years.

Askja has been also showing some movements, and earthquakes, though less. This might mean an eruption is coming closer, but might only happen within the next 10 years.

Other volcanoes are very quiet. There are some earthquakes also in the Reykjanes area, where there are several volcanoes, but they might be of tectonic nature.

Therefore the next eruptions should be:

2010-2012 Grimsvotn first, maybe also Hekla.
2011-2013 Within the next 3 years, Katla.
2020? And somewhere within the next two decades, Askja.