Meteorological Office Iceland andreported this Tuesday about 700 new earthquakes since last midnight, the largest with a magnitude of 3.1, near the town of Gindavík, in the southwest of the island, and noted that “the probability of an eruption remains high.” “.
During today, most of the earthquakes, mostly “microquakes, usually at focal depths between 3 and 5 kilometers”, are recorded along the magma intrusion, the statement added.
“In short, the probability of an eruption remains high. If an eruption occurs, the location will most likely be in a magma intrusion. “Our latest risk assessment does not indicate any other potential eruption sites,” he claimed.
The press release specifies that the measurements deformations, including high-resolution aerial observations, satellite radar images, and ground-based GPS observations, reveal “continuous and ongoing ground movements due to the continuous generation of magma intrusions.”
According to geophysical models, the intrusion is estimated to be slowly spreading upwards, and the magma is believed to be 800 meters below the surface.
Icelandic authorities declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of earthquakes near Gindavík and warned of a possible volcanic eruption, ordering a precautionary evacuation of the town, 50 kilometers from the capital Reykjavík.
On Monday, local authorities granted limited access to the Grindavík area until a small number of inhabitants so that they can pick up some things, as they already did on Sunday with the other group.
At a service for residents of the evacuated city held at Hallgrímur Church in the capital, Iceland’s president, Gudni Johanneson, thanked the emergency teams for their work and called for peace.
“Dear citizens, we still don’t know if there will be an eruption in Grindavík. “If that happens, we will address the issue,” he said.
The amount of magma involved is significantly greater than that observed in the largest magma intrusions associated with the Fagradalsfjall eruptions.
Source: Panama America
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