« Did you expect a powerful eruption in the beginning »

« It is not possible to say that this scenario that started this morning and ended with a eruption came as a surprise, » says Thorvaldur Þórðarson volcano at mbl.is, but volcanic eruption broke out just north of Grindavík at the tenth time this morning.

« At the moment it seems to me that this is a very slight eruption, but the eruption is longing for and then to the north. I think Hraun is flowing towards Thorbjörn to the west, but this is a rather weak magma, » says Thorvald.

Thorvaldur says that the eruption is similar to the eruption that occurred in January last year, which was a rather powerful and short eruption. This is the eighth volcanic eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar series since the eruption began there in December 2023.

The mother of nature controls this

« It may be said that it is surprising how much the eruption is. I was expecting a more powerful eruption in the beginning, but that’s how the mother of nature is.

Thorvaldur says that the good news is that the eruption is to extend to the north but emphasizes that the situation can change in the next few minutes.

He says there is no lack of magma volume, but the cumulative magma has never been greater than now and the pressure in the magma chamber probably never been greater.

A report from the Icelandic Meteorological Office says that the crack is now about 500 meters and has now reached through the defense yard which is north of Grindavík.

The crack continues to extend and cannot be ruled out that it continues to open to the south.