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Iceland

Grimsvotn.

Volcano profile for Grimsvotn in Iceland, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Caldera
Elevation
1,719 m
Last documented eruption
2011
Coordinates
64.416°, -17.316°
GVP number
373010

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Iceland

Grimsvotn

Caldera

Elevation
1,719 m
Last documented eruption
2011
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
64.416°, -17.316°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
373010
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Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Grimsvotn · Iceland

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
21 May 201125 May 20114Confirmed eruption
1 Nov 20044 Nov 20043Confirmed eruption
18 Dec 199828 Dec 19983Confirmed eruption
30 Sep 19966 Nov 1996?3Confirmed eruption
20 Aug 1984Not available0Uncertain eruption
28 May 19832 Jun 19832Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 197216 Apr 19720Uncertain eruption
16 Jul 1954Not available?1Uncertain eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Grimsvotn · No current eruption report · 1,719 m

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