Similar activity around Bárðarbunga

Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Seismic activity around Bárðarbunga continues at similar high rates as in recent days. Activity in the dyke intrusion is low.

The strongest earthquake since the last report yesterday morning was magnitude 4.6 yesterday at 12:40 on the northern caldera rim. Six additional earthquakes exceeded magnitude 4 and another 15 were in the range M3-4. All together around 40 earthquakes were detected around the caldera in the last 24 hours.

Around 10 earthquakes were detected in the dyke intrusion, all of them smaller than magnitude 1.

No visibility on cameras due to bad weather.

Weather

Cloudy

Today

8 °C

Light rain

Later today

6 °C

Cloudy

Tomorrow

8 °C