Southeasterly or variable wind 3-8 m/s. Partly to mostly cloudy and some showers, mainly in the afternoon. Temperature 8 to 15 deg. C.
Becoming northeast 8-15 m/s tomorrow and starting to rain, but 13-20 m/s in the southeast until evening. Moderate or heavy rain in the Eastfjords.
Forecast made 11.08.2024 03:48
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Preliminary results
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3.1 | 10 Aug 22:12:34 | Checked | 161.1 km SSW of Eldeyjarboði |
2.9 | 10 Aug 22:18:06 | Checked | 156.5 km SSW of Eldeyjarboði |
2.3 | 11 Aug 06:03:36 | 90.1 | 18.0 km SW of Grímsfjall |
Volcanic unrest in the Sundhnúks crater row.
GPS measurements show that in the last few days the uplift has slowed down slightly. This, along with the increasing seismicity, has been interpreted to indicate that an intrusion event and even an eruption could happen very soon. The likelihood of such an event occurring in the next days has increased.
Hazard map and scenarious have been updated, see here.
Written by a specialist at 05 Aug 17:32 GMT
Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More
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An increase in conductivity has been detected in Skálm since late yesterday and is now around 260 µS/cm, which is remarkably high, but the water level has remained stable. Increased values of H2S have also been detected at the source of Múlakvísl. Therefore, we would like to ask people to be careful at the source of the river and near the river channels, as there could be gas pollution in the area. Sulfuric smell has been detected in the area. There is currently no disturbance on the seismometers at Mýrdalsjökull, as was measured in the glacial outburst flood in Skálm, July 27 this year. Therefore, it could be a slow leak of geothermal water from under the glacier. However, it is possible that the flow will increase further and develop into a glacial outburst flood.
Due to technical problems we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. See data here: Rauntímavöktunarkerfi.
Written by a specialist at 10 Aug 10:57 GMT
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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The number of recorded earthquakes in the Sundhnúkur crater row continues to increase. All of these are small earthquakes, with magnitudes below M2.0, and most of them below M1.0. This week, since Monday, August 5, nearly 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the area. The number of earthquakes has been increasing in recent weeks.
Deformation data and model calculations show that uplift and magma accumulation under Svartsengi remain similar to the last few days. These data indicate that magma pressure continues to increase, and this is a similar trend to the weeks leading up to previous magma intrusions and eruptions.
Read moreToday marks one month since the beginning of the eruption that is ongoing at the Sundhnúkur crater row. The eruption, which began on the evening of March 16, is the fourth in a series of eruptions that started when magma began accumulating beneath Svartsengi in late October 2023.
Read moreYesterday (25 March) a seismic swarm occurred in the NW part of the Askja caldera. About 30 earthquakes were detected between 08.00UTC and midday. The largest earthquake detected had a magnitude M3,5 at a depth of about 5 km. Three earthquakes with magnitudes between M2 and M2,5 were also detected, the rest of the activity was characterized by smaller events. Overall, the seismic activity in the Askja has been quite stable between months and unchanged until yesterday. Looking back, we can see that earthquakes with magnitude above M3 were detected in January 2022 and October 2021.
Read moreThe weather in 2023 was mostly favorable. It was calm, dry, relatively little snow and stormy days were quite uncommon. However, the year was cooler compared to the most recent years. The average nationwide temperature was 0.1°C colder than the average temperature between 1991 and 2020, and 0.4°C colder than the average temperature of the last ten years. It was relatively coldest in the North, while the Southwest and Southern coast were relatively warmer. The weather was particularly cold in the beginning of the year and again in March. June, on the other hand was exceptionally warm in the North and East. It was the warmest June on record in many places in those regions. The year was relatively dry, with precipitation below average across most of the country. There were several dry periods during the year, such as in March and July, but there were also periods of heavy rain in between. May and June were particularly wet and gloomy in the southern and western regions.
Read moreOn 10 November 2023 the town of Grindavík in Iceland was evacuated as massive amounts of magma suddenly flowed into a magma filled crack that propagated underneath the town. Magma was emplaced in a 'vertical sheet' type intrusion in the Earth's crust. An international team of scientists explains the formation of the intrusion, and conditions for ultra-rapid flow into cracks, in a new publication in the prestigious scientific journal Science.
Read moreUpdated 23 January at 9:00 UTC
Since the glacial flood reached its peak in the river Gígjukvísl approximately a week ago, the water level has been decreasing and is now comparable to what it was before the flood. The seismic tremor measured on the seismometer at Grímsfjall has also declined, with seismic noise now back to normal levels. Since last week Monday, 21 earthquakes have been recorded in Grímsvötn, including two earthquakes exceeding magnitude two.
Read moreHARMONIE is a numerical weather prediction model (NWP) that is non-hydrostatic and convection-permitting. It is operated at 2.5 km horizontal resolution over a domain that covers Iceland and the surrounding seas. At this resolution it is possible to simulate explicitly some processes that are important for clouds and precipitation as well as meteorological phenomena related to up- and downdrafts. In order to simulate the interaction between the atmosphere and the surface, the model takes into account different types of land surface as well as processes in and at the surface.
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