Katla's being a bit active at the moment....

[petunia]

Katla's the volcano 'next door' to Eyjafjallajoekull in Iceland, that erupted a few months ago. Since that one erupted, seismologists have been expecting Katla ( a much larger volcano) to erupt as well. It seems to be having a bit of a move about today, with 6 tremors in the area just today ~ quite a lot for one day. So just in case anything happens, the Icelandic Meterological Office (seismology department) is here and the webcam is here!

(Of course, it could just all be ice shifting/melting that's registered, so if it's that it'll be a case of, "move along; nothing to see here, go on with your lives people!")

I've been keeping an eye on it too.

Interesting seismic activity today!

Yes, it's been a bit busy today seismic-wise. It'll probably settle down now and do nothing!

I was watching the channel 5 programme that was on this week about it, it was interesting, if a bit more of the same!

I forgot that programme was on and only caught the last 10 minutes ~ doh!

Well, another tremor at Katla overnight.

And another about 1/2 an hour ago.....

I missed the programme.

Katla is being a bit 'interesting'......

do you 'see' anything on webcam?/

i remember the whole of mumsnet watching the polar bear waiting to give birth...

mist.

yes,am looking. it all looks very spooky! do you see the tremors?

Ha! - I watched that programme and learned how to pronounce Eyjafjallajoekull, they said it so much.

My kids weren't impressed, they're waiting for Yellowstone to go.

Can I make a prediction for the date when Katla blows her top?

It will be the Friday before the end of term so that everyone's flights are disrupted for the next 6-8 weeks. Oh yes.

Petunia - I can't see KAtla at all, only Eyjafjallajokull, Myrdalsjokull and 3 others - where are we looking?

Cat ~ Unfortunately, you can't see the blasted thing today due to the weather. Yesterday was a lovely day and you could see it in the distance.

If you click on the webcam link, there's a small map at the side and the red dot shows the position of the camera. It's pointing towards the big white 'blob' (on the map) and the whole of that is the glacier with the grey oval being the 'caldera' (the smaller white blob to the left of it is Eyjafjallajokull). This caldera is the top of the volcano and it's within this, that there seems to be a lot of the seismic activity going on. Looking at the whole of the country here though, the whole place seems to be having a good move about today!

And I do like your prediction for the end of term. It knows the school holidays are coming up!....

Blimey missus, KAtla's a big girl!

Ho yes!

A CNN report (from April) explains why people are worried about Katla.

If this volcano erupts before tuesday, when I am due to go on holiday, I will throw a gigantic, embarassing tantrum. That is all.

It doesn't seem to be so busy today, Chickens. Perhaps it's just ice/snow moving about

Still keeping an eye on katla!
Interesting entry on this blog here, especially this bit, "I've been getting a number of emails and tweets about seismicity around our friend Katla over the last 24 hours. Again, I am no expert on seismicity at Katla, but most of of the current earthquakes are very shallow (1 km or less), small (most < M1) and really, only 14 in the past day. If you're looking for a signal of a reawakening Katla, we should expect increasing magnitudes, earthquakes starting at depth (10s of km) and working their way upwards, tens if not hundreds of earthquakes a day and volcanic tremors, all of which are missing right now. However, never hurts to keep an eye on Eyjafjallajökull bigger sibling."

A few signs to look out for!