There is still an underground rumbling in Iceland. Hundreds of earthquakes were recorded on the Reykjanes Peninsula southwest of Reykjavik on Wednesday. According to the weather authority Vedurstofa, one of them had a magnitude of about 4.5. Whether the earthquake swarm is a harbinger of a new volcanic eruption cannot yet be said.
Such series of earthquakes have triggered volcanic eruptions on the peninsula three times in the past three years: most recently there was an eruption there in July that lasted a few weeks. There was no danger to the nearby capital Reykjavik and other populated areas at the time.
Persistent seismic activity
Now there is renewed seismic activity in the area, natural disaster expert Lovísa Mjöll Gudmundsdóttir told Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. However, it is still too early to answer the question of whether this indicates an impending volcanic eruption. It is difficult to say at the moment what exactly is going on underground.
Earthquake also in the center of the island
Earthquakes occur regularly in Iceland. A powerful 4.9 magnitude earthquake was also recorded late Tuesday evening in the sparsely populated highlands in the center of the North Atlantic island. It happened at the Bárdarbunga volcano, which is located beneath the large Vatnajökull glacier.
Source: Krone
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