Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Thu 1 Jun 2017
| 13.30 GMT
Three earthquakes at Bárðarbunga this morning
Bárðarbunga is a stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest glacier. mbl.is/Þórður
This morning, three earthquakes over the magnitude of 3 occured in Bárðarbunga at a five minute interval.
All occurred in the northern part of the caldera, the first at 9:49, the second at 9:53 and the third at 9:54. This is reported by the Iceland Met Office.
Last week, nearly 600 earthquakes were measured in Iceland which is similar to the preceeding week. Only six of them exceeded the magnitude of 3, the largest occurring on May 27th in Bárðarbunga.
No earhtquakes were detected in Hekla this week.
