The Icelandic Meteorological Office reported on November 14 700 new earthquakes since last midnight, the largest of which, with a magnitude of 3.1, occurred near the town of Ginðavík, in the southwest of the island, and noted that ““The likelihood of an eruption remains high.”

With this figure, more than 2,500 earthquakes would have occurred in the country over the past 10 years. November when authorities declared a state of emergency.

The statement added that today, most earthquakes, mostly “microearthquakes typically at focal depths of 3 to 5 kilometers,” are recorded along magma intrusions.

“In short, the likelihood of an eruption remains high. If an eruption occurs, the most likely location will be the intrusion of magma. “Our latest risk assessment does not indicate any other potential eruption sites,” he says.

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The statement clarifies that deformation measurements, including high-resolution aerial observations, satellite radar imagery and ground-based GPS observations, reveal “continuous and persistent terrain movements due to ongoing formation of igneous intrusion“.

Based on geophysical models, the intrusion is expected to spread slowly upward and is believed to The magma is found 800 meters below the surface.

Last Friday, Icelandic authorities declared a state of emergency after some 800 aftershocks approximately three kilometers north of Grindavikde. and warned of a possible volcanic eruption, so they ordered preventive evacuation from this city 50 kilometers from the capital Reykjavik.

Later on Sunday, November 12, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reported a thousand new earthquakes and allowed limited access to the territory of Grindavik to a small number of residents to collect some things, permission for which was also received the next day.

(according to information from EFE)