• Seismic activity increases at Hekla volcano, alert level raised

    One of the Iceland’s most active and hazardous volcano, Hekla volcano, is having unusual seismicity according to the report issued by Icelandic Meteorological Office. Given possibility of a new eruption, volcanic alert level has been raised to yellow and monitoring

  • Iceland earthquake swarm, October 20 – 22, 2012

    Icelandic Met Office is reporting 451 earthquakes since Saturday, October 20, 2012.Earthquake count: Magnitude less than 1 in all:  14 Magnitude 1 to 2 in all:  190 Magnitude 2 to 3 in all:  191 Magnitude more than 3 in all:  56 Total: 451Earthquake

  • New mountain found on the ocean floor off the coast of Iceland

    Multi-beam measurements on a mission of research vessel Arni Fridriksson earlier this summer revealed vast underwater mountain deep roots from the continental shelf of 120 nautical miles west of the peninsula. The unnamed mountain on the ocean floor off the west coast

  • Could Hurricane Katia reach Northern Europe

    Tropical cyclones are formed mostly between 10 and 30 degrees north and south, but it happens sometimes that they make the trip north to us.According to longrange computer models, Katia could be the most powerful storm to hit the UK in over 300 years! One of the

  • Volcano drilling team gets magma surprise at Iceland volcano

    Geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well into a volcano in Iceland got quite a surprise when the borehole filled with molten magma forcing the researchers to halt the drilling.

    However, the sudden appearance of the molten rock wasn't all bad,