The eruption in Eyjafjallajökull has abated and latest reports sunday show the vent closed and no ash or lava flow.
Míla camera shows small steam plume monday morning
The mountain is quiet, no earthquakes right now, nor any in Katla.
There have been many small earthquakes around Iceland, some in worrying places, but no consistent pattern.
The eruption could resume again, the 1821-3 eruption had interim pauses, or the montain could sleep for a few centuries now.
Next question is whether Katla will erupt as it has before, or possibly other sites long this fissure system; Katla is bad, but not the worst.
Of course correlation is not causation, and past results are no predictor of future results...
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Ruh-roh.
Katla is rumbling a bit.
Historically, Katla tends to erupt 1-2 years after any eruption in Eyjafjallajökull.
Series of substantial earthquakes in the Katla caldera,
could be nothing could be sign of an impending eruption
there are multiple, relatively shallow earthquakes taking place now,
several with magnitude of 3+
News reports in Iceland of magma movements in Hekla.
Nope, not Katla, this is the prototype Northern European volcano - Hekla
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