News of Katla

 



A swarm of small earthquakes has been occurring beneath Mýrdalsjökull glacier covering Katla volcano over the past 2 days.

The most of events have been registered with a magnitude less than M 3 and only a couple of them exceeded M 3.
From the embedded image below, the current seismic activity has been taking place in the proximity of ice cauldrons numbered 10, 11 and 12.
In case a glacial flood will happen, the meltwater makes it into Múlakvísl river.
The seismic swarm is located in an area of persistent geothermal heat sources that leads to melting overlying ice and subsiding the ice sheet.

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