The Iceland Volcano Thread

Is that smoke coming down the mountainside or lava or perhaps a large dose of wishful thinking?:)

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

Hasn't there always been swarms of seismic activity in Iceland? I think people are focussing on it all too much tbh. There's dozens of volcanoes which are more active than Katla right now.. stop stressing over what might happen =p

I don't think I've seen a thread in my subscribed list get bumped as often as this one :pac:

Tremor activity at the Sugarloaf mountain's would be awesome too. But not for local resident's. Still it would be a display to be seen for miles around.:D

It's definitely not a volcano. I'm nearly 100% sure though that it is the final resting place of King Arthur and I'm going digging on Sunday to prove it. 2pm. Bring your own shovel.

A bigger eruption today from a volcano in Indonesia that erupted on Sunday. Didn't see the name as came in on the end of the news report on CNN.



ETA: Mount Sinabung.

As the actress said to the bishop, that's the biggest one I've seen in a while.

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

*strokes thread hopefully in anticipation of at least a little eruption*

It'll serve me right if I find myself buried under a ton of ash when I wake up in the morning.

What odds an eruption of Katla on 12th October ?

Just been doing a bit of reading up on Katla, and from what I can tell there appears to be a link between summer melting of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier and increased seismic activity during the later half of the year, particularly on it's western flank.

Eruptions of Katla also tend to be just after the end of Summer, although there have been 2 in early May. Of the last nine eruptions, dating back to 1580, 2 eruptions (1612 and 1918) have occured on the 12th October, while the 1755 eruption occured on the 17th October.

Only the last nine eruptions have reliable dates.

1918 - 12 October

1860 - 8 May

1823 - 26 June

1755 - 17 October

1721 - 11 May

1660 - 3 November

1625 - 2 September

1612 - 12 October

1580 - 11 August.

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On average how long after the eyla.... volcano does Katlas, erupt 6 months or 18 months?

I'm not all that convinced about a link between the two volcanos. Katla is far more active than Eyjafjallajökull. It appears that since the 6th century Katla has erupted up to 20 times and Eyja only 3 times.
The reason for the link is that the most recent Eyja eruption, prior to 2010, was in December 1821. It seems this eruption lasted until mid January 1822 and was followed by a Katla eruption 6 months later,June 1822.
In 1999 there was some activity at Eyja, and this was followed about 4 months later by some subglacial activity at Katla. On the basis of those two incidents, it would be a brave vulcanologist who would call it solid evidence of a link, and to be fair i don't think anyone has ever suggested these two incidents are actual proof of a link.
Anyway, even ignoring Eyja, Katla is due an eruption soon. Its 92 years since the last eruption, the previous longest period of inactivity being around 80 years (between roughly 1500 and 1580).

141_Oscar_Mike wrote:

Thats my D.O.B. So it will

By the way, the real activity during the recent Eyja eruption started on 14 April. If we follow the timelapse between the last two major eruptions of both Eyja and Katla, 6 months, that would take it pretty damn close to 12 October again

Very busy including 3.5 and 3.6.

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