Mt Etna (Sicily) erupts, closing airport,

http://www.3news.co.nz/Mt-Etna-erupts-closing-airport/tabid/1160/articleID/348902/Default.aspx#ixzz34qMQjVHk

 

Katla volcano update: increased earthquake activity, uncertainty level declared

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/katla/news/46110/Katla-volcano-update-increased-earthquake-activity-uncertainty-level-declared.html.

 

Lava flows on Stromboli.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2721755/Stunned-tourists-pictured-sailing-incredibly-close-one-Europes-active-volcanoes-ERUPTS.html.

 

As discussed in the earthquake thread it might be worth keeping an on events in Iceland on coming days. Increasing seismic activity suggests an eruption of sorts may be imminent.

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It's now on orange alert!

http://clareherald.com/2014/08/18/orange-alert-issued-as-icelandic-volcano-shows-heightened-activity-32424/.

 

It's now on orange alert!
http://clareherald.com/2014/08/18/orange-alert-issued-as-icelandic-volcano-shows-heightened-activity-32424/ .

Yes, although the seismic activity is still ongoing at a constant and frequent level I was surprised to see the alert level changed to orange. What will happen next I wonder.

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/ 

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It's now on orange alert! http://clareherald.com/2014/08/18/orange-alert-issued-as-icelandic-volcano-shows-heightened-activity-32424/ .

Yes, although the seismic activity is still ongoing at a constant and frequent level I was surprised to see the alert level changed to orange. What will happen next I wonder. As ever Jon Friman has some good analysis of the ongoing situation http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

There was a 1.7 at - 0.2 km earlier today.

Not too sure what that might imply?.(mabey it could be steam from percolated water?).

But it seems very shallow.

Monday 18.08.2014

14:34:46

64.732

-16.987

0.2 km

1.7

It's now on orange alert! http://clareherald.com/2014/08/18/orange-alert-issued-as-icelandic-volcano-shows-heightened-activity-32424/ .

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Not too sure what that might imply?.(mabey it could be steam from percolated water?).
But it seems very shallow.



Monday
18.08.2014
14:34:46
64.732
-16.987
0.2 km
1.7

I think most them seem to be to do with magma movement (the harmonic tremor and increased alert level would support this). None of it means that an eruption or one that breaches the ice surface (which is hundreds of metres thick) is imminent but it does suggest that the likelihood of one has had/is increasing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvUsG7EIMAAAmYX.jpg 

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Dave MacGarvice @subglacial) has a good regularly updated Twitter accoun on recent events and has plotted this morning's quakes v depth on a chart: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvUsG7EIMAAAmYX.jpg

I wouldn't give much for any trend analysis on that chart, let alone the straight line shown. Just a lot of small quakes all over, whatever that might mean.

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New webcam installed,

http://vedur2.mogt.is/grimsfjall/webcam/.

 

A hefty 4.5 lately. at Kistufell.



Monday
18.08.2014 02:37:19 64.802 -17.197 6.0 km 4.5 99.0 2.4 km NNE of Kistufell

New webcam installed,

http://vedur2.mogt.is/grimsfjall/webcam/.

 

Another webcam installed,

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardabunga/

 

A hefty 4.5 lately. at Kistufell.



Monday
18.08.2014 02:37:19 64.802 -17.197 6.0 km 4.5 99.0 2.4 km NNE of Kistufell

Certainly something is brewing-up!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/19/bardabunga-iceland-latest-volcano-threat-air-travel

A bit of light humour about Bunga Bunga or whatever its called

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A new intense swarm of quakes in progress, and this lot seem to be a little shallower then the last lot.

Areas to the north of Bárðarbunga is to be evacuated.

http://www.ruv.is/frett/evacuation-ordered-north-of-volcano?utm_content=buffera1caa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

You can see the Seismic activity of the last 48 hours at Bárðarbunga, plus the live WebCam feed from the area,

http://baering.github.io/

 

For anyone interested Nature has a very good overview of the recent situation and possibilities and why a repeat of Eyjafjallajökull's ash cloud related problems is thought to be unlikely re. recent events in Iceland.

http://www.nature.com/news/icelandic-volcano-shakes-ominously-1.15747 

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Thanks to ozone and doc for the links, interesting.

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Indeed ,some valuable links.