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Not sure if to post this here or the earthquake thread but as it's magma causing it perhaps best here.Things are really kicking of in Iceland at the moment with thousands of quake's since yesterday and a 5.4 recently. All centered in the area of the eruption earlier this year.
Originally Posted by: picturesareme
IMO suggests that it may be a magma vent forming (similar to last year): https://www-vedur-is.translate.goog/um-vi/frettir/jardskjalftahrina-a-reykjanesi?_x_tr_sl=is&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Originally Posted by: doctormog
Definitely one to watch. Do they still have web cameras in the area?
Yes, these two may be the best options:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCa4EMcWuoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihTaTv-24aU
Thanks for those 👍🙂
This has been off and on since about December last. Hopefully something will kick off but this could well be just one of the many false alarms in the last 7/8 months.
Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea
This recent activity is easily the most significant since last year’s eruption and for the first time since then the IMO have listed the chance of an eruption in coming days or weeks as significant. Apparently the magma is around 1km below the surface.
Edit: In the last few minutes the first of the two webcams listed above has panned round to an area of smoke. Not sure if it is anything significant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCa4EMcWuoI
All eyes on. Those cams have picked on on some serious tremors in the last couple of days.
There has been steam visible since yesterday at least, and I think that is what is showing now.
Just trying to gauge where that smoke is arising from and it seems to be north of a natural hot spring and west or northwest of the original volcano. This was an area that did see some very shallow earthquakes about 4 or 5 weeks ago. Interesting times ahead (hopefully)
It's from the activity area from last year. I think it might be residual steam & heat from fagradlsfjall lava field.
Very likely you are right, but it does seem further west than main area of activity last year, but hard to judge from camera alone.
An eruption has now started (relatively close to last year’s)
Thought this was going to be a bust, but great stuff!
Pretty much 11 months since it went to sleep, exciting to see it woke up again
Either that's been going a little while or the lava has poured out fast. At first I thought that was an old lava field but you can see in bottom left it's burning at the edge.
I might be wrong but I think it is based on an old lava field but is now extending it having erupted through the previous lava. It will be interesting to see what develops.
The whole outline of the lava field is now glowing making me think it's probably fresh lava, or more is erupting underneath.
Has all the hallmarks of a classic Icelandic fissure.
Yes, I wonder if it has spread out and/or melted some of the old lava as well as, as you say, more erupting underneath.
And yes agreed Patrick it definitely has that Icelandic fissure look about it.
I'm trying to place the location of that new opening in the map I remember in my head from last year, and I just can't!
See the red line on this image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZPiWJPUsAE4SMp?format=jpg&name=large
Ah, thanks. Definitely a new fissure so given its alignment. Also seems to be in a location where fresh lava flow will not threaten to close off main road along the south coast as was much feared during the first eruption. Though these are very much early days yet.