Iceland's Fagradalsfjall Fires

[bjdeming]

Here is the latest IMO update (autotranslated) on Svartsengi (any time between now and December, basically) AND the Krysuvik system, which is still restless.

This 2024 RUV article (autotranslated) takes a look at what an eruption somewhere in the Krysuvik system, as it was defined then, might mean for Reykjavik.

(I'm not sure how understanding and definition of volcanic systems on the Reykjanes Peninsula have evolved since then, with insights from more recent eruptions and further studies. The details are probably clearer to boffins these days.)

 

[bjdeming]

An article came up in my news feed today saying that an eruption happened near the power plant. If so, somebody forgot to notify Iceland's Met Office, emergency management officials, and people.

Just like a contractor really did forget to warn everybody monitoring the seismovolcanic situation before setting off some explosions late last month near the Blue Lagoon. This led to some excitement (autotranslated; also a cool view of power plant buildings surrounded by lava -- old lava, judging by the vegetation on it, not from this current 21st-century round, though I could be wrong).