Around 50 earthquakes in the last 24 hours

Seismic activity in the Bárðarbunga system and volcanic activity at the eruption site in Holuhraun is continuing at comparable levels as in recent days. No significant changes are observed.

Around 50 earthquakes occurred on the Bárðarbunga caldera rim in the last 24 hours, strongest events were magnitude 4.9 at 09:11 and magnitude 4.8 at 05:24 this morning. Three additional earthquakes exceeded magnitude 4 since yesterday morning, nine were between 3 and 3.9. Subsidence of the caldera continuous.

Around 30 events have been detected in the dyke intrusion since yesterday morning, the strongest one was magnitude 1.2 at 20:47 yesterday evening. The vast majority of events in the dyke was located between the northern part of Dyngjujökull and the eruption site in Holuhraun, very few events further south-west.

Minor seismic activity is oberved around Herðubreið, around 10 events, all magnitude smaller than 1.5. Very low activity is observed in Tungnafellsjökull after being seismically quite active before last weekend.

The eruption continues, webcam observations (visibility good until about 07:30 this morning) and reports from scientists in the field do not suggest any changes in activity.