Earthquakes
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Iceland Volcano: Increased Likelihood of an Eruption
Iceland Met Office Updated 12 January 2026 Key points Magma accumulation continues beneath Svartsengi Continued increased likelihood of a magma intrusion and an eruption Earthquake activity remains ...
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Iceland Volcano: Increased Likelihood Of An Eruption On The Sundhnúkur Crater Row
Iceland Met Office Updated 11 December 2025 Key points Magma accumulation has been slow but steady in recent weeks As long as magma continues to accumulate, a new eruption must be expected ...
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Iceland Volcano: Magma Beneath Svartsengi Continues To Accumulate
Iceland Met Office Updated 25 November 2025 Key Points The rate of magma accumulation beneath Svartsengi has remained fairly stable over the past two weeks The likelihood of a magma intrusion and an ...
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Iceland Volcano: Unchanged Hazard Assessment for the Reykjanes Peninsula
Iceland Met Office Updated 11 November 2025 Key Points Deformation beneath Svartsengi continues, although at a slower pace than before. There is still uncertainty regarding the timing of the next ...
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Iceland Volcano: About 14 Million Cubic Meters Of Magma Have Accumulated Beneath Svartsengi
Hazard assessment unchanged Iceland Met Office Updated 28 October 2025 Key points Uplift and magma accumulation beneath Svartsengi continue. The volume of magma that has left Svartsengi during each ...
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Iceland Volcano: Hazard Assessment Unchanged
Brief micro-earthquake swarm east of Sýlingarfell last Saturday Iceland Met Office Updated 14 October 2025 Key points A brief micro-earthquake swarm occurred east of Sýlingarfell on Saturday ...
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Iceland Volcano: Eruption More Likely
The waiting period for the next event could be up to 3 months Iceland Met Office Updated 25 September Increased likelihood of an eruption from 27 September The volcano alert level for ...
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Iceland Volcano: Magma Accumulation Continues
The volume is approaching the amount that flowed out during the last event Iceland Met Office Updated 23 September Around 10 million cubic meters of magma have accumulated under Svartsengi since the ...
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Iceland Volcano: New Event Expected At The End Of September
Hazard assessment unchanged, but will be reassessed in one week Iceland Met Office Updated 16 September 2025 Uplift and magma accumulation beneath Svartsengi continue. Approximately 8–9 million ...
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Iceland Volcano: Uncertainty About The Timing Of The Next Possible Eruption On The Sundhnúkur Crater Row
Icland Met Office Sept. 4, 2025 Uplift and magma accumulation under Svartsengi continues Around 6 to 7 million cubic meters of magma have accumulated beneath Svartsengi since the last eruption. It ...
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Iceland Volcano: Earthquake in Brennisteinsfjöll
The hazard map for the area has been updated and is valid until 2 September unless conditions change. The main update is that the new lava field has been downgraded to the “some hazard” category ...
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