Assessment - 15 May 2010 17:25
The eruption plume is gray and the height is mainly ~ 6 - 7 km / 21,000
- 24,000 ft, occasionally reaching 8 km / 27,000 ft. It is heading
southwest and later south.
Ashfall has been reported south of Eyjafjallajökull and ashdrift
southeast of Eyjafjallajökull.
An earthquake swarm started beneath Eyjafjallajökull just before
midnight. In the period between 23:54 and 02:45, more than thirty
earthquakes were located at depth greater than 20 km and magnitude less
than Ml 2. A few more earthquakes were detected until morning.
No major changes are seen in the activity, the ash cloud is slightly
higher than yesterday. Presently there are no indications that the
eruption is about to end.
Details in
status report issued collectively by the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences at 15:00.
