Volcano Watch 2014

a reply to: earthling42

thank you I got it up but perfer baering.github.io... this one

just amazed at usgs yet again

a reply to: earthling42
And look at this page Thebel's Link: baering.github.io...





Ya beat me thinking on the same lines.

a reply to: batcrapcrazy



This is also a good page to follow the updates.

a reply to: earthling42
Couple of images of the action from your link.



earthquake-report.com...

a reply to: SeekingDepth

could be steam but looks dark. like ash?

Eruption under 150-400m of glacial ice has started at Bardarbunga

twitter.com...

twitter.com...

Yep, seems like smoke is rising in Mila webcam. The other webcam site is down, and even Mila is really show, showing just few frames. It just shows stills, even when it should be streaming cam.



The aviation code is changed from orange to red, which is highest risk. There was also strong magnitude 4.5 quake in caldera. Iceland Met Office is doing monitoring flights around the volcano to find proof about eruption.

a reply to: RoScoLaz4

I was thinking dust from the ground shaking???

a reply to: Thebel

Now that pic looks more like smoke or ash...

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The Iceland Met Office had the Coast Guard fly over the area today, and they saw no evidence of eruption.
No traces of gases from the air

It sounds like some of the scientists still think there is a small eruption happening under the ice, and others aren't convinced.

Thanks everybody for the links to follow this volcano...it's really fascinating.

This livestream has 3 cams and seems to be working well at the moment. direct link

I don't know if this link has been added, but this one has been adding blow-by-blow updates on it.

Thanks for all the links and good work everybody. I did not realize how real this is. The big sister has gone from something I hardly paid any mind, to the absolute center of my attention.

originally posted by: earthling42

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Apparently, its a ongoing dust storm, the eruption has stayed under the ice.

Here are a few highlights from the IMO daily status report:

Starting at 11:18, seismic tremor was observed at 1 and 1.5 Hz. This is consistent with lava/ice
interaction...

We are currently interpreting the depth of the majority of earthquakes(5-10 km) as the depth of the base of the dyke. The dyke has propagated about 5 km to the north since yesterday.

A model to fit the GPS data suggests that the volume of magma contained within the dyke is approximately 250 million
cubic meters.

It could be 0-20 hours before lava reaches
the surface of the ice. It is also possible that the lava will not break through the ice, and the
eruption could remain subglacial.

M 4.7 - 104km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland


Time
2014-08-23 13:33:06 UTC-05:00
Location
64.792°N 17.380°W
Depth
2.5km

Event Time

2014-08-23 18:33:06 UTC
2014-08-23 18:33:06 UTC+00:00 at epicenter
2014-08-23 13:33:06 UTC-05:00 system time
Location

64.792°N 17.380°W depth=2.5km (1.5mi)

Nearby Cities

104km (65mi) SSE of Akureyri, Iceland
229km (142mi) ENE of Reykjavik, Iceland
230km (143mi) ENE of Kopavogur, Iceland
233km (145mi) ENE of Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
613km (381mi) NW of Torshavn, Faroe Islands

earthquake.usgs.gov...

a reply to: Olivine

I'm going to be glued to that live stream all day.



Nothing like the possibility of seeing one of natures most awesome fireworks displays live!

I wonder if it will break the ice?

since the Baroarbunga 4.7 yesterday;
interactive map

contour map

right click, "view image" for full size

summary
mag less than1= 47 , mag1= 248 , mag2= 64, mag3= 3 , mag4= 1 , mag5= 0, total= 363, total energy released=176.4325825

Iceland earthquake events time versus magnitude since the 4.7 at Baroarbunga to 15:00:00 UTC 23rd August 2014 graph

right click, "view image" for full size


last 8 hours up to 1500UTC 23rd interactive map


you would think they could fly over the volcano and track the lava flow with terrain penetrating radar or heat sensing equipment, you know the things the cops use to track criminal on the run at night on the UK TV shows

a reply to: berkeleygal
Iceland MO have that one north of the Baroarbunga cone this time, 4.6ML
goo.gl...

Magnitude mb 5.3
Region ICELAND
Date time 2014-08-24 00:09:56.7 UTC
Location 64.68 N ; 16.62 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 261 km E of Reykjavík, Iceland / pop: 113,906 / local time: 00:09:56.7 2014-08-24
124 km SW of Egilsstaðir, Iceland / pop: 2,265 / local time: 00:09:56.7 2014-08-24
83 km NW of Höfn, Iceland / pop: 1,695 / local time: 00:09:56.7 2014-08-24

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