John Seach on April 11th, 2010

The crater at Fimmvörduháls mountain pass, Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has grown by 82 m in height since the start of the eruption on 20th March 2010. Lava now covers an area 1.3 square kilometers and is 10-20 meters thick. A total of 24 million cubic meters of [...]

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John Seach on April 1st, 2010

A new 300 m long fissure has opened up at Eyjafjoll (Eyjafjallajökull) volcano in Iceland. The fissure opened up yesterday and may indicate the activity is moving further north towards Thorsmork nature reserve. An estimated 25,000 people have visited the eruption site in recent days.
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John Seach on March 6th, 2010

An earthquake swarm began under Eyjafjoll volcano in January 2010. There was a 40 mm inflation of the volcano. At the beginning of March 2010 over 3000 earthquakes were measured in a 24 hour period, with a maximum at magnitude 3.1. The last eruptions at Eyjafjoll volcano were in 1821-23.
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