Seismic Activity Increases Again The largest earthquake this morning struck at 8:54. It measured 4.5, and its source was 1.5 km southeast of Fagradalsfjall mountain. Two more quakes in excess of magnitude 4 hit overnight : one at about 1 am, measuring 4.1, the source of which was 1.1 km east-southeast of Fagradalsfjall mountain, the other one at 5:45 am, measuring 4.0. Its source was 1.1 km east-southeast of the same mountain. A total of 18 earthquakes in excess of magnitude 3 have struck the area since midnight. The seismic activity has been moving farther south, closer to the town of Grindavík, but it remains close to Fagradalsfjall mountain, according to Bjarki Kaldalóns Friis, natural hazards specialist at the Icelandic Met Office.
Víkurfréttir, the local news service of Reykjanesbær, Southwest Iceland, began streaming live today from the area on the Reykjanes peninsula where an eruption is considered likely to occur.
Passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at Keflavík International Airport yesterday had presented certificates of negative PCR results from abroad.
The mayor of Reykjanesbær, Southwest Iceland, Kjartan Kjartanson, sent the residents of Reykjanesbær a letter yesterday, reiterating that town authorities are constantly monitoring developments of the seismic activity near Fagradalsfjall mountain.
Superintendent Rögnvaldur Ólafsson is at the coordination center of the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, patiently waiting to see how things develop on the Reykjanes peninsula, where an eruption is considered likely.