Bárdarbunga volcano: "Aviation color code set to red" HT: VolcanoDiscovery.
Update Sun 31 Aug 10:08
Due to the possibility that the eruption increases, in particular if the erupting fissure propagates to the ice, and starts to produce ash plumes, the alert level has been set to red.
A new eruptive phase has started at the same fissure that had been briefly active Friday morning.
The new eruption seems to be bigger than the previous one and located slightly north of the Friday fissure vent. The active fissure was estimated to be 1.5 km long and is located approx. 9 km north of the Dyngjujökull glacier in the Holuhraun lava plain.
At the same time, intense seismic activity continues. More than 200 earthquakes have been detected since midnight, both under the active intrusion under and north of the rim of the glacier NE of the volcano as well as under the caldera of Bárdarbunga itself. The stringest were 7 quakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 3.8.
The Icelandic Met office has confirmed the eruption this morning, writing that "it is very calm", i.e. there are no tall fountains or ash plumes, only effusion of lava flows.Read the full story here.
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