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People Urged To Leave Eruption Site Before 17:00
The Meteorological Office are encouraging people who plan to visit the eruption site to leave before 17:00 today as toxic gas is making the area very unsafe. Gas pollution increases during the day and can be expected to be well above the…
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Geldingadalsgos Eruption: What Happens Next?
The eruption at Geldingadalsgos is currently closed to visitors on account of higher gas emissions, complicated by worsening weather, demonstrating the ever-changing nature of volcanoes. The current situation raises numerous questions on what’s to come: how long will this eruption go on?…
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Eruption Area Temporarily Closed Due To Gas Emissions
Civic Protection has a statement this morning saying that visiting the Geldingadalsgos eruption is now off-limits, for the time being, due to exceptionally high levels of dangerous gases being emitted by the eruption. Current weather conditions—high winds and low temperatures—further make the…
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Photos: Day Two Of The Geldingadalsgos Eruption, Shot By Axel Sigurðarson
Axel Sigurðarson is a Reykjavík photographer with a keen interest in the natural world as subject matter. He was at the Geldingadalsgos volcano eruption yesterday, and captured these amazing moments for The Grapevine. Magnificent lava Close… but not too close Iceland is…
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The Best Way To Visit The Eruption Site, According To Civic Protection
If you live in Iceland, or plan to be here soon, you might be tempted to check out the Geldingadalsgos eruption site. It is, after all, very pretty to look at, far from populated areas, and of a size that poses no…
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Seismic Roundup: Eruption Decreases, Flights Still Safe, Photos And Video Within
Things have calmed considerably since Geldingadalsgos erupted at around 21:40 Icelandic time last night, and a better understanding of the situation in the light of day has formed. The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) reports that the eruption has slowed down a bit…
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Seismic Roundup: Eruption Underway, Residents Advised To Keep Windows Closed
As reported, there is now an ongoing eruption at Fagradalsfjall. Icelandic media outlets have been calling this eruption Geldingadalsgos, after Geldingardalur, the valley where the eruption is taking place. More information has come in since the eruption first began at 21:40 Icelandic…
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BREAKING: Eruption At Fagradalsfjall
The Icelandic Met Office has just reported that an eruption has begun at Fagradalsfjall, long expected to be the location of a possible volcanic eruption. This eruption is being called Geldingadalsgos, after Geldingardalur, the valley where the eruption is taking place. The…
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Seismic Roundup: Quakes Move West, Scientist Says Could Be Prelude To Eruption
Ten earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 have been recorded since midnight last night, according to the latest data from the Icelandic Met Office. In a surprise twist, none of these were located near the Fagradalsfjall mountain—rather, they have all been…
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Seismic Roundup: Quietest Night In Weeks, Scientists Outline Possible Scenarios
The earthquakes of Reykjanes have quieted down considerably, with only five quakes with a magnitude greater than 3 recorded in the area since midnight before Wednesday. Scientists are nonetheless cautioning that it is still too early to dismiss the possibility of a…
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Seismic Roundup: Quakes Quieting, Eruption Still Expected
While the severity of the ongoing earthquakes in Reykjanes has slowed, scientists still caution that an eruption is still very much in the cards. According to the latest data from the Icelandic Met Office, there were only three earthquakes of a magnitude…
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Seismic Roundup: Quakes Quieting, Eruption Still On The Table, Grindavík Residents Fleeing
The earthquake swarm that started late last February has calmed considerably, according to the latest data from the Icelandic Met Office. There have only been 12 quakes with a magnitude of 3 or greater since midnight on Sunday, the largest being a…
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Seismic Roundup: Chance Of Eruption Increases, Grindavík Residents Fed Up
While last night was a fairly calm one in Reykjanes, seismically speaking, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck yesterday at about 14:15 near Fagradalsfjall. People in nearby Grindavík are reaching the end of their patience with the constant quakes, and…
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The Sleeping Giant: Earthquakes And Volcanoes In Reykjanes
By the time you read this, a volcano may have erupted in Reykjanes, Iceland’s southwestern peninsula and the home of the Keflavík International Airport. It’s also possible that the magma currently moving under the surface of the Earth has retreated, or that…
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Seismic Roundup: Livestreams Of Possible Eruption Site, Quakes Over 3.0 Magnitude Continue
There have been 22 earthquakes of a magnitude greater than 3.0 since midnight last night, at the time of this writing, the largest being a 5.0 at 07:43 this morning near Fagradalsfjall. In fact, every 3+ earthquake recorded so far today has…
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Seismic Roundup: Roughly 50/50 Chance Of Volcano, Most Icelanders Not Worried
There have been 14 earthquakes of a magnitude of 3 or greater since midnight last night, at the time of this writing, with the largest being a 4.5. All of these were centered in Reykjanes, with all but three located near Fagradalsfjall.…
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Seismic Roundup: Eruption Could Occur With Little Warning, Quakes Continue
There have been 27 earthquakes since midnight that were measured with a magnitude greater than 3 in Reykjanes, at the time of this writing, with the largest being a 5.1 recorded at about 03:15 this morning. Almost all of these were located…
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Seismic Roundup: Signs Magma Chamber Is Growing, Quakes Still Abound
Scientists at the Icelandic Met Office detected another harmonic tremor pulse, early this morning near Fagradalsfjall in Reykjanes, which in all likelihood indicates that the magma chamber—estimated to be just over a kilometre beneath the surface—is growing, Vísir reports. There are as…
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Seismic Roundup: Quakes Continue, Four Areas Where Eruption Could Happen
There have been five earthquakes in the Reykjanes region of a magnitude of 3.0 or greater, at the time of this writing, since midnight last night, according to data from the Icelandic Met Office, but thousands of smaller quakes have been measured…
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Stay Clear Of Reykjanes Peninsula, Says Chief Of Civil Protection
Víðir Reynisson, chief police officer at the National Commissioner of Police’s Civil Protection Department, has told the public to avoid the Reykjanes peninsula where seismic activity is the greatest. Víðir stated this at a meeting with Kristín Jónsdóttir, group leader of nature…
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Seismic Roundup: Livestream Of Possible Eruption Site, Tremors Continue
In the wake of activity indicative of an impending eruption in Reykjanes, which began yesterday afternoon at around 14:20 Icelandic time, things are decidedly calmer today. That said, quakes continued through the night and the morning, and a more detailed picture of…
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RVK Newscast #79: We’re Next To The Volcano Just Hours Before The Possible Eruption
Today, we went as close as we could to the volcano at Fagradalsfjall, just an hour before the news broke out that it will probably erupt soon. We didn’t feel anything, but the weather was terrible. So obviously, the biggest news is…
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Press Conference On Eruption Situation In Southwest Iceland
Now that there are strong signs that an eruption in Reykjanes is on the way, a press conference was held to update the public on the situation. Kristín Jónsdóttir, earthquake hazards coordinator at the Icelandic Met Office, told reporters that at about…