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Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Since this is a science group, perhaps the Icelandic Met Office's writeup is a better source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for this. It’s concerning the similarities they see between Fagradalsfjall 2021, and the seismic activity they recorded a month before that eruption. And certainly justifies the declaration of a state of emergency.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The main difference is that this time the volume of magma is much larger.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

according to the IMO, with “a dense swarm” of nearly 800 quakes registered between midnight and 2pm GMT on Friday.

That's about one earthquake a minute.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Here are live news updates in english from the state tv in Iceland. https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-10-magma-tunnel-lies-under-grindavik-live-396249