An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano overnight. It's the biggest one since the tremors began ten days ago. According to a message from Iceland's Meteorological Office there's still no sign of an eruption.
The largest earthquake yet in Bardarbunga
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Planes diverted away from danger zone
100000 flights were cancelled during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. It is doubtful that the same will happen again.
Right call to issue eruption alert
"Right now we're analyzing what was going on. As of now we don't know, but we'll keep analyzing and add it to the data pool," says Sigrún Karlsdóttir,at the IMO.
Large amount of magma accumulated in a week
270 million cubic meters of magma has gathered underneath Dyngjujökull in just one week.
