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This eruption is usually assigned to the Grímsvötn system. Seismic studies under the ice cover suggest the eruption was at intersection of three areas of recent seismic activity; Lokahryggur, Bárðarbunga and Grímsvötn. There was at the time of the 1996 eruption minimal seismic activity in the
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fissure volcanic system, but is outside the caldera of Bárðarbunga itself. Earthquake swarms associated with the volcano are separate in time and place from other swarms in the Bárðarbunga system. The fissure swarm extending south-west towards
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475: 114: 294:. A geothermally and seismically active ridge called Lokahryggur or the Loki Ridge, extends eastward from Hamarinn under the ice to where in 1996 the 176:
Selected geological features near the Loki-Fögrufjöll (Hamarinn) central volcano and Bárðarbunga volcanic system (red outlines). Other shading shows:
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seismically active areas. Clicking on the image enlarges to full window and enables mouse-over with more detail.
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Galeczka, I.; Eiriksdottir, E.S.; Hardardottir, J.; Oelkers, E.H.; Torssander, P.; Gislason, S.R. (2015).
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was erupted, but the system may also have had subglacial eruptions in 1986, 1991, 2006, 2008 and 2011.
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subglacial terrain above 1,100 m (3,600 ft), and
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Index

Hamarinn
Laki
Loki-Fögrufjöll is located in Iceland
Elevation
Listing
List of volcanoes in Iceland
Coordinates
64°28′41″N 17°49′18″W / 64.478056°N 17.821710°W / 64.478056; -17.821710
Mountain type
Subglacial volcano
Last eruption

Vatnajökull
[ˈlɔːcɪ-ˈfœɣrʏˌfjœtl̥]

[ˈhaːmarɪn]
[ˈlɔːkaˌr̥ɪkːʏr̥]
subglacial volcano
Vatnajökull
Bárðarbunga
Torfajökull
Holocene
Gjálp volcanic fissure
Grímsvötn
jökulhlaup
tephra
Volcanism of Iceland
List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
List of volcanoes in Iceland

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