Not convinced of the interpretation of the Meteorological Office

Thorvaldur Þórðarson volcano is not convinced that Kvika has come very north, as the Icelandic Meteorological Office interprets it. He says the volcanic eruption is as good as completed.

« That the magma has come so far north is an interpretation, not a fact, » says Thorvaldur in a conversation with mbl.is.

Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, professional director of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, said earlier today that the magma walk that formed from the Sundhnúkagígar series had made its way north, not far from the Reykjanesbraut.

Tremor activity has moved significantly north, but Thorvaldur believes that it is not due to magma but rather due to raft movements.

Movement or weakness in the crust

Thorvaldur says that the Icelandic Meteorological Office uses a specific model that unilaterally assumes one possible interpretation, that earthquake activity is formed because of the fact that the magma is flowing north and south.

« We are not all who look at it this way, » says Thorvald, explaining that he is more inclined to the explanation that rafts are moving.

« I think this was primarily a movement or weakness in the crust we call the swimming pool.

« That pressure has probably exceeded the tolerance limit of the swimming pole – it was the naturally weakest link in the entire chain – and it has curved. When it jumped, these earthquake activity is formed because the tremors are formed when the crust breaks. »

« The event is actually done »

He mentions that he does not exclude the explanation of the magma, but he further leaning on the explanation that the earthquake is due to the movement of the swimming pointer.

« Sure, it is quite possible that Kvika will come up there north and then north than before, but I think it is unlikely. The event is actually done here now, » says Thorvald.

He says it is important that all possibilities are examined.