Decades could pass until the next eruption

The story shows that when the current eruption in the Sundhnúkagigar series ends, decades will be that the eruption resumes in the Reykjanes peninsula.

This is stated by Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, in a conversation with mbl.is after a presentation meeting on the status of earthquakes in Grindavík which took place today.

« Based on the story of fire eruptions here in the Reykjanes peninsula, it is usually so that when such a hryvnia is done, many decades, even 150 years, seems to be over 150 years, before a similar rhythm starts in another place on the peninsula, » says Magnús, but notes that nothing can be done in this regard.

The hryvnia could complete within a year

Magnús says it is well possible that the hryvnia that is currently underway will be completed within a year.

« It is impossible to say how long these rings will last, but it clearly reduces it. It may well end within a year but it may also be that it will end for a short while and then the second eruption will slow down. It slows the infusion and it will eventually stop, it can still start again. »

According to Magnús, two cubic meters of magma are flowing into the magma chamber below Svartsengi every second. If the magma flow continues at the same rate, the same situation is likely to be raised in the fall and was before the last eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar series in early April.

Grindviks crowded at the meeting.

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Soda in another place improbable

Magnús says it is unlikely that the eruption will start in another location in the Reykjanes peninsula after the eruption of the Sundhnúkagigar series ends.

« Given the story, it is improbable. It’s because the Goshrinan began in Fagradalsfjall and so now erupts in the Sundhnúkagigar series, this is not the same crack. We don’t know in the story that the eruption goes into the third crack. »

« Another thing that makes this improbable is that the amount of lava that has come up now in this round is comparable to what came up in two of four rounds in the last season in the Reykjanes peninsula, » says Magnús.