Peter Cobbold Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 The eruption is ongoing: https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/18/eldgosid-i-geldingadolum-i-beinni-utsendingu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted September 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 L:a Palma is livening up with tremors: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/popular-spanish-holiday-destination-risks-24980862 The authorities in Canary Islands are likely to downplay the risks, too much tourist income at stake. La Palma is also a huge tsunami risk to Atlantic shore-lines. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted September 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 La Palma, Cumbre Vieja eruption, background geology in the article, ongoing stream of posts give updated photos etc https://www.volcanocafe.org/cumbre-vieja-and-the-san-juan-eruption-of-1949/ This is the island that, were its western flank to slide into the ocean, would possibly create a mega-tsunami across the Atlantic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Here we go again? https://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/reykjanespeninsula/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2022/08/02/nine_post_earthquakes_bigger_than_3m/ https://www.icelandreview.com/nature-travel/southwest-iceland-experiences-string-of-earthquakes-overnight/ Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Live stream: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 The area around the eqs has risen ca 16 cm. Estimated volume of magma injected 50 million cubic meters. From Volcanocafe commenter: a320 02/08/2022 at 21:25 From RUV.is. Translated using Google. If there is an eruption in the area between Fagradalsfjall and Keilis, it could be more powerful than last year’s eruption at Fagradalsfjall. This is what geophysicist Freysteinn Sigmundsson says. The flow of magma corresponds to ten times the flow of Elliða River. Lava could manage to flow to the north from the place that is considered most likely to erupt now. “It is most likely that it will be over this magma tunnel that is forming in the earth’s crust. And it actually extends from the eruption stations from last year and three kilometers in the direction of Keili, so that area is the most likely,” says Freysteinn. Freysteinn says that it is likely that an eruption at this location can reach Reykjanesbraut. However, it is not at all certain that it will erupt in the next few days. The reason for this warning by scientists now is this huge influx. “There is a higher inflow rate and that is the reason for this warning.” This corresponds to about 50 million cubic meters, which is the most likely figure that comes from model calculations by the scientists of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. It is ten times the average flow of Elliða River for comparison. But it is flowing into the earth’s crust and because the flow is greater, there could be more force in this eruption, but the nature of the eruption would most likely be the same, a lava eruption with craters and that the flow would be limited to certain craters, but there could be more coming up from them and then more gas could come out and possibly a little bit of pyroxene”, says Freysteinn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Map of surface deformation. Compare with Iceland map, and you can see that this is in the southwest corner, not so far from Reykyavik! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Small fissure eruption has started, north-east of the previous site. Tourist eruption at present! Live webcam: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Volcanocafe has a new thread on the eruption; https://www.volcanocafe.org/fagradalsfjall-eruption-2/ Albert is a prof of planetary geology at Manchester.The Comments are by a mixture of enthusiasts and professional volcanologists,Iceland being Mecca for their research. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Live, close up camera, with sound, below the map. Tourists there already! https://www.visir.is/g/20222293331d/eldgos-hafid-a-reykjanesskaga Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Another, looking down on the fissure: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Your link to close up camera with sound doesn't work for me. This does, from Twitter, via the volcanocafe site. But here, our intrepid reporter gets REALLY up close to the eruption! Edited August 4, 2022 by john.r.davies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 Tks John. On Volcano cafe there was a news item saying 10,000 were visiting the site. I guess mostly locals, as the population of Reykjavik, 200,000,is only 30 miles away ! Kevlavik airport is also close...if only I were younger I'd be taking a flight. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Go for, it, Peter! You're only here once! You're fascinated by eruptions - have you ever seen one as up close as that? Edited August 4, 2022 by john.r.davies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, john.r.davies said: Go for, it, Peter! You're only here once! You're fascinated by eruptions - have you ever seen one as up close as that? If my legs worked I would, John. But the PD and I suspect sarcopenia defeats my ambition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 B*gg*r! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, john.r.davies said: B*gg*r! The up-side is I "discovered" D3 well before C-19. My sporadic PD is likely a disease of D3 deficiency and brain inflammation. It is absent in rural Kenya, where 25(OH)D is ca 100-150 nmol/L - my target. In Niarobi 25(OH)D has fallen to 70nmol/L and sPD about half UK rates..... I join up the dots ( and a lot of other mechanistic stuff) and suspect the one in 50 cases in UK men at age 80 could be avoided. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted August 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 All the Iceland eruption webcams on one site: https://eruption.acme.to/ Volcancafe has a new article by Prof Albert: https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-fagradalfjall-eruption-series-ii-day-2/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted July 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) Two years later......signs of Fagradalsfjal eruption might restart: https://grapevine.is/news/2023/07/07/eruption-approaching-magma-ascending-towards-the-surface/ Earthquake map. Click on Rekjanes for closer view https://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/ Webcam. Keilir is the conical hill. https://livefromiceland.is/webcams/eruption2307_2 Webcam for Fagradalsfjall: https://livefromiceland.is/webcams/fagradalsfjall Edited July 8, 2023 by Peter Cobbold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Eruption looks to be starting: https://livefromiceland.is/webcams/eruption2307_2 I'ii try to find a better webcam. I follow 'recent comments' on the right side of the Volcanocafe blog. https://www.volcanocafe.org/ It is where several Icelandic volcanologists contribute.'Albert' is a prof of planetary geology at Manchester univ. Peter Edited July 10, 2023 by Peter Cobbold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 New thread on VCafe, by Albert: https://www.volcanocafe.org/fagradalsfjall-season-3/comment-page-1/#comment-129806 the best place on the web that I know for keeping up to date. The eruption site is about 25 km from Reyjavik and from the international airport at Kevlavik. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 When the Volcano Watchers say "WOW!", it has to be impressive! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Drone live stream: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Tourists on the site already, give a scale to the magma flows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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