Low seismic activity in Bárðarbunga
Ragnar Axelsson flew over Holuhraun last week and took this amazing photo of the sunrise over the lava field. mbl.is/Ragnar Axelsson
Seismic activity around Bárðarbunga in Iceland and the dyke intrusion has been comparably low in the last 24 hours according to the Met Office.
- Bárðarbunga: Only three earthquakes were larger than magnitude 4 and none of them exceeded magnitude 4.1. In addition, nine events were between magnitude 3 and 4, a total of around 50 events was detected around the caldera.
- Dyke intrusion: Following a small peak of activity on Friday and early Saturday, seismicity in the dyke is again low. Only around 10 events have been detected, the strongest was magnitdue 1.3 this morning at 08:16.
- Eruption in Holuhraun: No visibility on cameras since around 01:15 last night due to weather.
