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Askja volcano (Iceland): earthquake swarm near Herdubreid volcano
Recent earthquakes under Herdubreid volcano
Monday, Oct 12, 2015
A shallow earthquake swarm has been occurring 25 km NE of the Aksja caldera since Thursday. ... [more]
Askja volcano (Iceland): large landslide and tidal wave
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) (64 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plot Updated: Sat, 21 Jul 23:11 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 21 Jul (8 earthquakes)
Sat, 21 Jul 21:20 UTCM 1.5 / 2.1 km - [info]Askja (1 km) - Central Iceland7.4 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 21:20 UTCM 2.3 / 2.9 km - [info]Askja (1 km) - Central Iceland7.9 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 13:05 UTCM 0.2 / 1.6 km - [info]Bardarbunga (6 km) - Central Iceland4.7 km N of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 06:23 UTCM 0.1 / 4.5 km - [info]Askja (4 km) - Central Iceland3.4 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 02:17 UTCM 0.4 / 9.6 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland2.9 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 02:17 UTCM 0.7 / 9.6 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland2.9 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 02:17 UTCM 0.3 / 4.2 km - [info]Askja (23 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km SW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 21 Jul 01:30 UTCM 0.4 / 3 km - [info]Askja (2 km) - Central Iceland4.8 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul (15 earthquakes)
Fri, 20 Jul 23:21 UTCM 0.9 / 6.7 km - [info]Askja (3 km) - Central Iceland4.5 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 23:21 UTCM 1.3 / 2.3 km - [info]Askja (3 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 23:21 UTCM 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]Askja (2 km) - Central Iceland4.6 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 19:46 UTCM 0.3 / 8.3 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland12.9 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 19:46 UTCM 0.5 / 5.9 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (20 km) - Eastern Iceland7.8 km ESE of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 16:31 UTCM 0.2 / 2 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km NNE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 15:00 UTCM 0.7 / 5.9 km - [info]Askja (23 km) - Central Iceland2.9 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 14:42 UTCM 0.6 / 6.5 km - [info]Askja (23 km) - Central Iceland1.9 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 14:31 UTCM 0.4 / 7.2 km - [info]Askja (23 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 14:29 UTCM 0.4 / 9.7 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland2.7 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 14:24 UTCM 0.7 / 7.3 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland2.7 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 08:15 UTCM 0.1 / 6.4 km - [info]Askja (9 km) - Central Iceland2.1 km NE of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 04:49 UTCM 0.8 / 7.8 km - [info]Askja (14 km) - Central Iceland5.7 km SW of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 03:43 UTCM 0.1 / 2.5 km - [info]Askja (2 km) - Central Iceland4.9 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 20 Jul 03:43 UTCM 0.5 / 3.4 km - [info]Askja (3 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km W of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul (7 earthquakes)
Thu, 19 Jul 22:04 UTCM 0.8 / 1.1 km - [info]Fremrinamur (11 km)15.5 km W of Herðubreiðarfjöll
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 20:43 UTCM 0.4 / 4.2 km - [info]Askja (30 km) - Central Iceland0.7 km WSW of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 20:43 UTCM 0.6 / 8.6 km - [info]Askja (30 km) - Central Iceland0.7 km WSW of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 18:40 UTCM 0.6 / 6.1 km - [info]Askja (13 km) - Central Iceland5.9 km ENE of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 11:41 UTCM 0.1 / 7.7 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland4.0 km NE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 11:40 UTCM 0.8 / 7 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.3 km NNE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Thu, 19 Jul 00:33 UTCM 0.2 / 8.7 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km NNE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul (9 earthquakes)
Wed, 18 Jul 23:02 UTCM 0.6 / 7.2 km - [info]Askja (16 km) - Central Iceland3.5 km SSW of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 23:02 UTCM 0.4 / 6.7 km - [info]Askja (16 km) - Central Iceland3.8 km SSW of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 20:50 UTCM 1.1 / 5 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km NNE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 18:13 UTCM 0.3 / 4 km - [info]Askja (3 km) - Central Iceland4.2 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 16:58 UTCM 0.4 / 5.1 km - [info]Askja (3 km) - Central Iceland4.0 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 08:29 UTCM 0.3 / 2.1 km - [info]Kverkfjöll (16 km) - Eastern Iceland13.7 km E of Kistufell
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 04:46 UTCM 0.5 / 8.1 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.5 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 02:47 UTCM 0.1 / 7.5 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland3.3 km NNE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 18 Jul 02:01 UTCM 0.6 / 1.1 km - [info]Bardarbunga (7 km) - Central Iceland5.8 km NNW of Bárðarbunga
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul (11 earthquakes)
Tue, 17 Jul 21:24 UTCM 0.3 / 6.3 km - [info]Askja (26 km) - Central Iceland7.2 km ENE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 21:11 UTCM 0.7 / 8.4 km - [info]Askja (24 km) - Central Iceland5.6 km ENE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 21:11 UTCM 0.5 / 10.5 km - [info]Askja (24 km) - Central Iceland6.1 km ENE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 17:53 UTCM 1.1 / 3.4 km - [info]Askja (26 km) - Central Iceland5.2 km NW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 17:33 UTCM 0.5 / 4.6 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland4.3 km NE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 17:16 UTCM 1.4 / 4.3 km - [info]Askja (22 km) - Central Iceland3.8 km NE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 16:49 UTCM 0.7 / 1 km - [info]Askja (25 km) - Central Iceland4.7 km NNW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 08:59 UTCM 0.8 / 6.6 km - [info]Askja (18 km) - Central Iceland1.8 km SSE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 08:29 UTCM 0.2 / 6.4 km - [info]Askja (19 km) - Central Iceland2.3 km SSE of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 02:12 UTCM 0.2 / 10.8 km - [info]Askja (27 km) - Central Iceland6.3 km S of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 17 Jul 00:25 UTCM 1.3 / 8.4 km - [info]Fremrinamur (23 km)10.1 km NW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Jul
Mon, 16 Jul 14:46 UTCM 0.4 / 8.2 km - [info]Askja (19 km) - Central Iceland4.4 km NNW of Herðubreiðartögl
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Jul 14:46 UTCM 0.3 / 5.4 km - [info]Askja (21 km) - Central Iceland4.0 km SSW of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Jul 12:25 UTCM 0.7 / 3.6 km - [info]Askja (4 km) - Central Iceland3.7 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 16 Jul 10:19 UTCM 0.2 / 4.8 km - [info]Askja (4 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km WSW of Dreki
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul (10 earthquakes)
Sun, 15 Jul 20:03 UTCM 0.5 / 3.5 km - [info]Askja (27 km) - Central Iceland6.2 km S of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 20:03 UTCM 0.4 / 4.6 km - [info]Askja (27 km) - Central Iceland6.1 km S of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 12:18 UTCM 0.3 / 6.3 km - [info]Askja (30 km) - Central Iceland1.9 km NW of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 11:51 UTCM 0.6 / 6 km - [info]Askja (27 km) - Central Iceland6.4 km S of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 11:51 UTCM 0.9 / 8.3 km - [info]Askja (27 km) - Central Iceland6.8 km S of Herðubreiðarlindir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 09:05 UTCM 1.0 / 7.2 km - [info]Askja (24 km) - Central Iceland2.0 km SSE of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 09:05 UTCM 0.4 / 10.9 km - [info]Askja (23 km) - Central Iceland3.2 km S of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 08:10 UTCM 0.7 / 5 km - [info]Askja (24 km) - Central Iceland2.9 km SSE of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 08:10 UTCM 0.5 / 7.9 km - [info]Askja (24 km) - Central Iceland3.1 km SSE of Herðubreið
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 15 Jul 05:44 UTCM 0.2 / 23 km - [info]Askja (10 km) - Central Iceland7.4 km N of Dreki
[Map]		IMO

 

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