[News] Area of Iceland being torn apart by volcanic activity

[BluesRockDJ]

Which section of Iceland is affected ?

 

[A1X]

Which section of Iceland is affected ?

Desserts and confectionery

 

[Driver8]

You say that, but if we do not know how bad this eruption could be and how dark the sky will become, it was not long ago flights were cancelled. A bad eruption could have a catastrophic affect on the world.

Not likely. The one when flights got cancelled was lots of dust from a volcano whereas this will be from ground level so no dust.

 

[fly high]

Which section of Iceland is affected ?

It's a peninsula on the SW of the island. Has a major power plant which supplies the capital, also has the Blue Lagoon. If you go to the bottom of the BBC article it has a map.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Severely edited

 

[Coldeanseagull]

And Great Britain is a bit shit

Ok you merry porcine. Go elsewhere if you don't like my country. There are plenty of other people in this world, willing to take your place.
The world doesn't get better, you do.
The rest I deleted, cos I'm not a total arsehole

 

[happypig]

Ok you merry porcine. Go elsewhere if you don't like my country. There are plenty of other people in this world, willing to take your place.
The world doesn't get better, you do.
The rest I deleted, cos I'm not a total arsehole

Where can I go ? Since Brexit I am unable to move abroad.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I was in Iceland in February and visited the Blue Lagoon, which is a mere 6km from the threatened village of Grindavik. It is a wonderful country.

 

[raymondo]

This eruption if / when it occurs will be a fissure or spatter cone eruption with quite fluid lava, not too much gas and not too much explosivity, which would mean less threat to flights etc.

When the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in 2010 it was a Stratovolcano type, with are relatively explosive and tend to throw a lot of dust / ash high into the atmosphere.

The only risk with the volcanoes on the Reykjanes peninsula is if the eruption occurs on the coast or in the sea, as they water content will make it more explosive and generate more ash.

Good info

 

[raymondo]

I don’t think Iceland is being ‘torn apart’ by earthquakes in any area yet so a little hyperbole in the thread title (but I clicked it so it worked ) - so far the capital has not been effected - all these bar one larger quake are a swarm of mini-quakes, only 3 are over 3 mag, the largest being 3.8 on Monday afaics. They are almost certainly an indication of a potential major volcanic eruption (unlike hopefully the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula which erupted in 2021 and 2022 again or devastating Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010 though) but very worrying from the point of view of local air travel, tourism and farming in the area requiring large areas of evacuation of both livestock and villages.

Reykjanes peninsula - earthquakes during the last 48 hours (Preliminary results) | Reykjanes peninsula | Icelandic Meteorological office

Iceland Meteorological office - Earthquakes, Reykjanes peninsula, North Atlantic

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On average, Iceland has around 500 earthquakes a week, or about 26000 every year. The country is in effect bisected by a 2 major teutonic plates - the North American and Eurasian so there’s continuous movement.

Thinking about it, it must be a bit like sitting in top of a tumble drier at the moment!

"The country is in effect bisected by 2 major teutonic plates..."
And that's the problem that German crockery can cause... shocking

 

[shingle]

And Great Britain is a bit shit

No its not, its actually brilliant. Ive been to 70 odd countries around the world, some of them many times over and there's nowhere I'd rather live.

 

[Gazwag]

I was in Iceland in February and visited the Blue Lagoon, which is a mere 6km from the threatened village of Grindavik. It is a wonderful country.

Was there in July when another volcano was erupting, could see it from the capital agree its a great place, fantastic scenery and and quite extraordinary to stand with one foot on one tectonic plate and the other foot on the other one with a gap in the middle

 

[Papa Lazarou]

A new fissure has opened up this evening near the town of Grindavik.

 

[Bozza]

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Another site with all current cams together.

This eruption is within the previous risk area, North of Grindavik, near the Blue Lagoon and hydrothermal power plant.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

That's a magnificent video of the birth of a volcano.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Live analysis

 

[Taybha]

Bloody hell I hope Sean Penn is ok

 

[Pevenseagull]

I f***ing love big ass geology shenanigans


Hope no one gets hurt.

 

[Zeberdi]

"The country is in effect bisected by 2 major teutonic plates..."
And that's the problem that German crockery can cause... shocking

Should be ‘tectonic’ - bloody auto-complete - I didn’t notice that when I posted - apologies.

A lot of shaking on the Reykjanesviti camera (on Iceland Live webcams) at 3.00am - wind or ground tremors?

EDIT- Ground tremors according to the Iceland earthquake tracker - looks like a lot of aftershocks following a magnitude of 4 just before midnight