Volcano profile

Iceland

Krafla.

Volcano profile for Krafla 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
800 m
Last documented eruption
1984
Coordinates
65.715°, -16.728°
GVP number
373080

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No current eruption report

Iceland

Krafla

Caldera

Elevation
800 m
Last documented eruption
1984
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
65.715°, -16.728°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
373080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Krafla · Iceland

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
4 Sep 198418 Sep 19840Confirmed eruption
18 Nov 198123 Nov 19810Confirmed eruption
30 Jan 19814 Feb 19810Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 198023 Oct 19800Confirmed eruption
27 Apr 19778 Sep 19771Confirmed eruption
20 Dec 197520 Dec 19750Confirmed eruption
10 Jul 174610 Jul 17461Confirmed eruption
30 Jun 172925 Sep 17292Confirmed 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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Volcano at a glance

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Krafla · No current eruption report · 800 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Akureyri International AirportIceland · AEY · BIAR
    61.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Þórshöfn AirportIceland · THO · BITN
    84.3 kmStraight-line distance
  • Vopnafjörður AirportIceland · VPN · BIVO
    85.8 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC