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A warning over the risks of emerging magma and the persistent likelihood of an imminent eruption of the Icelandic volcano has been issued by the country’s Met Office.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said there is a “significant likelihood” that an eruption will occur somewhere along the 15-kilometer (9-mile) magma tunnel, with the “prime location ...
Iceland’s Met Office has said magmatic gas has been detected at a borehole in Svartsengi, signalling an imminent eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano over the coming days, with the town of ...
Decreasing earthquake activity could be a sign magma has reached very high up earth’s crust, Met Office says Iceland volcano - live: Met Office warns magma ‘very close’ to surface as people ...
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Friday that the amount of magma accumulating beneath Svartsengi is approaching levels observed during previous eruptions, and the likelihood of a ...
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) predicted that an eruption was likely, stating that "it will take several days (rather than hours) for magma to reach the surface". The greatest extent of the magma intrusion was inferred to be around the Sundhnúksgígar crater chain, approximately 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north of Grindavík
The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continued with similar intensity as the previous few weeks. The lava field covered 63 km 2 (24 sq mi) in late October. On 11 November, it was reported that the lava field extended to 70 km 2 (27 sq mi) and more than 1 km 3 (0.24 cu mi) in volume - the largest in Iceland since the Laki eruption of 1783. [3] [18]
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said that there was a “considerable” risk of an eruption on - or close to - the Reykjanes peninsula due to the size of the underground magma intrusion and ...