Seems to be a « small leak » from bigger events

Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, professor of geophysics, believes it is unlikely that the magma that is now running towards the Reykjanesbraut will reach the surface.

« The magma is stretching further in the northeast than it has done before, » says Magnús Tumi.

He believes it is unlikely that more eruptions will open, but says he cannot rule it out. The magma runs at a few kilometers depth and will probably only be a magma.

Almost no eruption for fourteen thousand years

Then it is highly unlikely that a crack will open at the northernmost end of the magma tunnel, which is only a few kilometers from the Reykjanesbraut.

« There are gaps and cracks, but there has been almost no eruption for fourteen thousand years. Although Kvikan is able to step there north afterwards, it has come so far from the middle that there will be no eruption. »

The video below shows how the earth shakes as the magma walk moves north.

The volcanic eruption does not « the main event »

Great magma had accumulated in the magma chamber under Svartsengi and therefore many had the hope of a more powerful volcanic eruption than what broke out in the tenth time this morning and now seems to be litting out.

According to Magnús Tuma, there is a prospect that the « main event » in these earthquakes will be the magma deposit, not the volcanic eruption which he thinks is likely to last for a few more hours.

« But it seems that instead of this event being mostly volcanic eruptions – as the last events have been, this is to stretch out in fifteen kilometers. There is only a glimpse, this corridor is formed and it seems that it will be the main event this time and that the eruption is just a small leak. »

He says some damage has been done in Grindavík due to cracking movements. However, he says he does not have information on their scope.