Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) detected around 3,300 earthquakes.
The earthquake swarm centers around Reykjanes Peninsula, a densely populated region south of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. Authorities now expect one of two volcanoes in the peninsula, Mount Keilir and Mount Fagradalsfjall, to erupt in the next few days, which would be the first in the region in 800 years.
Earthquake swarm forbodes volcanic eruption
The swarm started on Feb. 24 with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake, the largest to date, and several rumblers followed since. Authorities are currently analyzing sensor and satellite-based monitoring data to determine the cause of the swarm. But most suspect that an intrusion of magma into Earth’s crust has been driving the event.
16.03.2021 - 15:54
Mynd: Vilhjálmur Þór Guðmundsson - RÚV
The official cornerstone will be laid at the base of the new House of Icelandic in Reykjavík in a ceremony on the final day of winter, Wednesday 21st April. The shell of the building is now complete and work to weatherproof it is nearly finished. Work started at the site on 30th August 2019 when education minister Lilja Alfreðsdóttir signed a contract with the ÍSTAK building company.
The cornerstone will be laid exactly 50 after the first Icelandic manuscripts were returned to the country from Denmark.
The authorities put money aside for the House of Icelandic in 2005 and ground was broken in 2013. In the intervening years, the site became known locally at the Hole of Icelandic as the deep foundation laid undisturbed apart from by geology students, and becoming overgrown for six years.
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Eruption Would Likely Stop Swarm of Earthquakes Fagradalsfjall mountain. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
Morgunblaðið. The second largest quake since the swarm started hit yesterday. It was of magnitude 5.4.
According to Halldór Geirsson, associate professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, an eruption would in all likelihood relieve the pressure that has been causing frequent earthquakes in the area. His colleague Professor Emeritus Páll Einarsson agrees.
They share the view that the swarm of earthquakes will likely end with an eruption, sooner or later, which would put an end to the frequent quakes. On the other hand, the quakes could end without an eruption, they note, but that is difficult to predict.
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