Iceland Volcano Updates | Looks like the eruption is about to end
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2024
- Hello everybody!
It is now day 50 of the eruption in Iceland on the Reykjanes peninsula from the Svartsengi system and it might be in its final stages as both tremors and visual activity have decreased a lot in the last 2 days.
Uplift is, however, still on going with recent estimates on the volume of magma in the chamber under Svartsengi being on the high end of what has been needed to produce an intrusion or an eruption the last 3 times. So, we won't have to wait long for the next event. - Zábava
Hlidarmenn + Just Icelandic + Val Troll = perfect Iceland coverage. Thank you for the update!
Ayyy, glad to be apart of the pack😁
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you forgot Isak.
@@ThatOpalGuy Right. I haven't watched his channel too much yet.
Prof Shaun Willsey has been doing a good job of keeping us informed too. It's nice to have balanced, well informed content, unlike some I could mention.
You forgot Isak Finnbogason and Prof. Shawn Willsey!
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Loved the update, and also how you support other Icelandic channels.
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Excellent data and visuals. Thank you!
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you.
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Thank you for another interesting and informative update. It was lovely to see you in chat on Isak's live stream yesterday, too... now we just need Gylfi there as well! 🤣
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Funny you noticed me in Ísak's livestream 😂 They're the best!
Thank you for another informative update. I always look forward to yours and Gylfis. 😊
Thank you for the update. It seems Grindavik is safe for now, they did a very impressive job on the barriers. I hope the next eruption is moreto the north end of the fissure. This system must be a dream for any volcanologist eager to learn or a nightmare for the one that is pressed for a prediction 😉
Many thanks and great appreciation for your telling us of this eruption!
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🌱🌏💚 KiaOra. Hellooooo Hlidarmenn. A nesting crater, within a crater. I imagine a Phoenix sits upon it! I hope you are doing well Hlidarmenn, always a pleasure to see your notifications arrive.
I'm doing awesome Amelia, the weather's been great here in Iceland recently. Hope you're doing well too😁!
Will be exciting to see what'll happen in the next couple of days, hopefully, the crater will return to its former glory🤞
It’s not over til it’s over. Thanks for its update.
Oh so true .
You're right, now that I've said it's about to end, it'll fire back up😂
Thank you Hlidarmenn for the updates on your channel. Your well narrated and balanced content is very informative. You live in a beautiful country which I have had the pleasure to have visited twice and hopefully will be back there again soon. Thank you for sharing it with us from England 🏴 🇬🇧
Ayyy, thanks a lot! So cool you've been here twice!
Thank you so much for the marvellous update. Well informed and concise as per usual. Thank you also for accrediting the video slot to ‘’our Gylfi’’he like your good self creates an intriguing scene minus the mega hype that is prevalent with so many channels. Highest regards from London.
Ayyy, glad you liked the video! Also cool to know you follow Gylfi aswell, he has awesome content!
I found your channel 4 years ago and have been avidly following you since.
Just before looking at your video I saw that we have got some bigger earthquakes at Eldey. That is in my opinion the place where the source of the magma is. It is coming up there and follows the plate boundary. Hope, the little volcano starts again and release some pressure there. Otherwise we have again the situation that the Lave can erupt elsewhere and no one knows in which place that will be. Hope you all are fine and enjoy the sunlight after a long winter. Thanks again for the update!
Yeah, it's actually interesting how earthquakes there seem to link towards eruptions in Svartsengi. So, this could be a sign the next intrusion occurs in just a few days.
I also hope activity will increase in the crater.
@@Hliarmenn I can see on the Live-cams, he is actually dying. 😢
Thank you
thanks for the update. and thanks for dropping into Isak's livestream today
Ayyy, you're welcome ThatOpalGuy.
Ísak's stream today was awesome, really liked the final tour further north.
@@Hliarmenn that first cone remnant was quite fantastic.
It’s an evolving situation in which we are all watching and waiting… an earth lab lesson as we learn… it’s fascinating thank you 🙏
Yeah, we're definitely being treated with all the awesome livestreams provided by Live from Iceland and Ísak and our experts who share a lot of details with us
Thanks for the update. It seems likely that something will happen in the next week, but it could be a small intrusion like the one on March 2. The Earth has many different tricks ready to keep us guessing.
few EQ's of over 3 starting to pop up now, will that be the end of this eruption... or new start for the next will have to wait and see
With this eruption roughly 60 million cubic meters of lava erupted with all four eruptions. The 3.5 cubic meter inflow seems low, but that's only half since the rest is going to the eruption. So the total volume coming up should be roughly 7 cubic meters.
Crazy to think that's just over 1/3 of the total amount that erupted during the 2021 eruption in Geldingadalir.
I agree with you, that the influx of magma into the chamber is around 7 m3/s. So now, if this path is closing, it should all accumulate in the chamber. Will be interesting to see if uplift data agrees
@@HliarmennThat eruption was truly amazing and beautiful. You might know them, but if they were still alive, Maurice and Katia Krafft would have loved that and the following eruptions. I wonder if they would have traveled to Iceland with these shorter eruptions, or gone there just before they started.
On the uplift, call me crazy, which I kinda am with my autism, but I would say yes. Depending on when this eruption ends, and the next one begins, we should see an increase if there's enough time between the two.
i wouldnt be too sure it may kick off again as there is now a "known" pathway and like water it will take the easiest route first and at the time of posting there is a minor swarm going off at eldey and these seem to migrate onshore and start more swarms as the pressure gets shifted about.
im also wondering if this intrusion is a new volcano thats trying to erupt straight up but the magma keeps getting diverted away due to local geology and / or older intrusions blocking its way upwards.
It might pick up again or that a completely new fissure opens. There is, however, something causing the current eruption to slow down which could be due to the fact the path, from the chamber to the surface, is closing.
The Eldey earthquakes are most likely just regular pressure release quakes due to plate movements. Wether that'll have effects on the Svartsengi system is uncertain but we should pat close attention to it.
Do you remember that old volcanologist who said that this eryption will end in june according to his graph? Everyone else disagreed with him, but it seems he was right.
Might be Þorvaldur. He's always been pretty good at making these predictions which is cool.
What do you think are the chances of the magma not erupting but settling down completely? ps your father was my tour guide on a recent trip. He is your greatest fan and put me on to your u tube channel
Ayyy that's so cool! He got me interested in this stuff an basically taught me everything 😁
It's definitely possible that this dies down completely meaning this is the last eruption from the Svartsengi system during this run.
This Svartsengi run will end sometime which could be now.
Larus patriotism was infectious and his dry sense of humour very endearing. Im hooked on the Arctic. Pity Australia is so far away
Eldey and Elderjardrangular 45+ EQ Swarms just Now! 126 EQ and Tremors today. At least 70 EQ 1.0+ Today!
Yeah, Eldey makes itself present every now and then with these rather powerful swarms. They never seem to be caused by magma intrusions, just plate activities. But, based on history, Eldey tends to erupt during volcanic periods on the peninsula.
Hmm I don't think it's near done because of the uplift
Everything points towards that this eruption is ending in the next 1 or 2 days but, since there's uplift like you say, it could pick up again although I find it more likely that another fissure will open sometime soon. Maybe a combination of both will happen, a new fissure opens and activity in the crater picks up.
not too surprising.