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Monday, Oct 12, 2015
A shallow earthquake swarm has been occurring 25 km NE of the Aksja caldera since Thursday. ...
[more] Wednesday, Jul 23, 2014
A large landslide occurred from the southern wall of the Askja caldera yesterday night. The slide caused a large flood wave in the Öskjuvatn lake that also swept into the famous Viti crater. ...
[more] Askja volcano Stratovolcano 1516 m (4,974 ft), Central Iceland, 65.03°N / -16.75°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius): Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (56 quakes) all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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Central Iceland 2.9 km W of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Tue, 16 Oct 03:19 UTC M 1.3 / 5 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.3 km SSW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Tue, 16 Oct 02:02 UTC M 0.1 / 3.8 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 13.5 km ESE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Mon, 15 Oct Mon, 15 Oct 16:23 UTC M 0.6 / 7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.1 km SSW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Mon, 15 Oct 16:06 UTC M 1.0 / 6.5 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 3.0 km S of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Mon, 15 Oct 15:38 UTC M 0.1 / 4.8 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 14.1 km E of Kistufell [Map] IMO Mon, 15 Oct 05:08 UTC M 0.1 / 12 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 6.5 km WSW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Mon, 15 Oct 04:43 UTC M 0.6 / 5.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.9 km WSW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sun, 14 Oct Sun, 14 Oct 01:48 UTC M 0.7 / 8 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km WSW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sun, 14 Oct 00:02 UTC M 0.7 / 4.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sun, 14 Oct 00:02 UTC M 1.0 / 2.2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct (9 earthquakes)Sat, 13 Oct 23:29 UTC M 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.4 km N of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 23:29 UTC M 0.5 / 1.2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 14:41 UTC M 0.8 / 6.8 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.6 km SE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 14:41 UTC M 0.5 / 7.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 5.1 km SSE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 14:37 UTC M 0.9 / 3.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.2 km WSW of Dreki [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 14:37 UTC M 1.2 / 4.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 3.5 km WSW of Dreki [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 05:48 UTC M 0.7 / 2.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.1 km SW of Dreki [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 05:35 UTC M 0.3 / 5.5 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 13.0 km SSE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Sat, 13 Oct 05:35 UTC M 0.6 / 11.4 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 13.4 km SSE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct (19 earthquakes)Fri, 12 Oct 23:53 UTC M 1.1 / 1.6 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 14.1 km SE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 23:53 UTC M 0.7 / 3.2 km - [info ] Kverkfjöll () - Eastern Iceland 14.0 km SE of Kistufell [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 16:58 UTC M 0.7 / 3.2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.4 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 11:25 UTC M 1.2 / 2.1 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.5 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 11:07 UTC M 0.8 / 0.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.8 km NNE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 11:07 UTC M 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.8 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 08:56 UTC M 0.8 / 6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.1 km WNW of Herðubreiðartögl [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 06:01 UTC M 0.7 / 9.5 km - [info ] Fremrinamur () 6.7 km NNW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 05:39 UTC M 0.6 / 4.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.1 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 02:49 UTC M 2.5 / 3.8 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 3.6 km WSW of Dreki [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 01:32 UTC M 0.5 / 14.9 km - [info ] Fremrinamur () 6.3 km NNW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:56 UTC M 0.3 / 3.4 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.6 km E of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:56 UTC M 0.7 / 12.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.7 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:45 UTC M 0.2 / 0.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 0.7 km NNW of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:42 UTC M 0.9 / 2.1 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:42 UTC M 0.5 / 3.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.7 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:41 UTC M 0.9 / 3.2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.5 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:41 UTC M 1.3 / 2.4 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.7 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Fri, 12 Oct 00:11 UTC M 0.8 / 4.2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.5 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct (17 earthquakes)Thu, 11 Oct 14:16 UTC M 0.5 / 3.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.5 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 10:59 UTC M 0.3 / 9.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.8 km N of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 10:10 UTC M 0.8 / 2.8 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.2 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 10:03 UTC M 0.8 / 1.5 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.4 km NNE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 10:03 UTC M 0.3 / 2 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.6 km NNE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 08:33 UTC M 1.0 / 3.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.4 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 08:33 UTC M 0.7 / 4.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.1 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 07:36 UTC M 0.3 / 1.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 15.0 km S of Dreki [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 05:37 UTC M 0.8 / 2.6 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.9 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 05:37 UTC M 0.4 / 3.3 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.9 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 05:34 UTC M 0.3 / 2.9 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.9 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 05:02 UTC M 0.3 / 3.5 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.3 km E of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 04:41 UTC M 0.4 / 2.4 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.1 km NE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 04:31 UTC M 0.2 / 3.5 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 2.5 km SW of Herðubreiðarlindir [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 04:31 UTC M 0.3 / 2.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.7 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 04:31 UTC M 0.4 / 2.7 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 1.7 km ENE of Herðubreið [Map] IMO Thu, 11 Oct 01:06 UTC M 0.3 / 6.1 km - [info ] Askja () - Central Iceland 4.9 km SW of Herðubreiðartögl [Map] IMO
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