The Iceland Volcano Thread

dryan · 21-05-2010 01:12PM

Villain wrote: »

Thats not good!

Why, sure there has been the odd eathquake on Katla over the last few weeks - what makes this ne any different?

Elmo5 · 21-05-2010 03:04PM

Dunno, but there's been another one I think. Definitely a few today.

kevin12345 · 21-05-2010 08:12PM

Elmo5 wrote: »

Dunno, but there's been another one I think. Definitely a few today.

lots of quakes in the past few hours :rolleyes: And it is significant that there are earthquakes under Katla doesn't it? Doesn't that mean magma movement? Sorry if im way off :pac:

Mr Benevolent · 22-05-2010 09:54AM

That's not good news. If the quake magnitude stays the same it'll be ok, but if it steadily increases then a Katla eruption is a sure thing

Duiske · 22-05-2010 04:36PM

Has the eruption stopped ? Looks very quiet up there today.

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

kevin12345 · 22-05-2010 04:53PM

Duiske wrote: »

Has the eruption stopped ? Looks very quiet up there today.

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

Fair looks like it has stopped, can't see the ash cloud :eek:

here's hopin'

Sponge Bob · 22-05-2010 06:52PM

Seems to be very quiet now, no ash over 10000 feet and then only near the volcano

kevin12345 · 22-05-2010 07:04PM

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Seems to be very quiet now, no ash over 10000 feet and then only near the volcano

where's the information on the height of the plume? thanks:P

gally74 · 22-05-2010 09:04PM

Some amount of earth quakes now

pebbles21 · 22-05-2010 09:06PM

gally74 wrote: »

Some amount of earth quakes now

Have you got a link to see this?

gally74 · 22-05-2010 09:41PM

Flick back one or two pages all links are there

kevin12345 · 22-05-2010 09:46PM

pebbles21 wrote: »

Have you got a link to see this?

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/

Pangea · 22-05-2010 09:48PM

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

No ash to be seen around the volcano.

drymartini · 23-05-2010 01:36AM

There was a M1.4 quake at 1.00am

drymartini · 23-05-2010 03:38AM

03.37 - May 23 2010

Mr Benevolent · 23-05-2010 07:53AM

Most of these quakes are under Enya, so not much to worry about on that score.

SV · 23-05-2010 01:41PM

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1274526888.png <-older capture

Just wondering can someone explain to me the red, green and blue areas?
Is that just difference heights, if so, what estimated heights?

Pangea · 23-05-2010 05:29PM

Sky news just said that the volcano is no longer active!!

TheInquisitor · 23-05-2010 05:41PM

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/

Not erupting but LOADS of earthquakes over the last 2 days. Is it possible Magma is trapped below due to shifting pltes etc?

Hal1 · 23-05-2010 05:48PM

I wouldn't listen to sky news :pac:.

krankykitty · 23-05-2010 05:49PM

Pangea wrote: »

Sky news just said that the volcano is no longer active!!

Say it isn't so

thetonynator · 23-05-2010 07:23PM

Hope it has actually stopped. Supposed to be going on holidays on friday . . .

chris85 · 23-05-2010 07:50PM

thetonynator wrote: »

Hope it has actually stopped. Supposed to be going on holidays on friday . . .

im heading off on saturday so hoping as well that it has stopped.

kevin12345 · 23-05-2010 08:59PM

chris85 wrote: »

im heading off on saturday so hoping as well that it has stopped.

I think it has stopped

If it hasn't, it's not spewing out much, not high at all!
:pac:

23-05-2010 09:43PM

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano reduces activity

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano reduces activity

The Icelandic volcano which has been disrupting air traffic for more than a month is showing a marked drop in activity, new measurements suggest.

Heat camera footage from early on Sunday indicated the temperature in the crater had fallen to just 100C, a leading volcanologist said.
This means Eyjafjallajokull is now producing steam, not magma, he said.

But he warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.

bamboozle · 24-05-2010 07:53AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano reduces activity

thats good news i wonder when they'll be able to confirm if it has stopped completely.

does anyone know if it stopped back in April (remember when the airports re-opened) or if it had just reduced a bit and wind directions changed?

thetonynator · 24-05-2010 08:19AM

This deserves a full row of smilies, its finally stopped!!!

24-05-2010 09:18AM

bamboozle wrote: »

thats good news i wonder when they'll be able to confirm if it has stopped completely.

does anyone know if it stopped back in April (remember when the airports re-opened) or if it had just reduced a bit and wind directions changed?

That was mainly down to a change in wind direction.

bamboozle · 24-05-2010 09:57AM

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Its a quiet spell. Its to early to say its stopped. Pressure isnt being released, Pressure will build again.

silly question but how is pressure released? i would have thought through eruptions, and if there are currently no eruptions then there is little or no pressure building? or am i being too simplistic?

drymartini · 24-05-2010 10:01AM

cos it had an M1.1 at 06.09

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