The Icelandic Meteorological Office has warned that increased pressure and ground lift has been noted beneath Svartsengi on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Scientists have warned there may be further volcanic activity at Sundhnúkur in Iceland, after reporting that more magma may soon breach the surface.The ongoing eruption, which began on March 16, is the fourth in a series of eruptions that started when magma began accumulating beneath Svartsengi, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in October 2023. It first erupted in December 2023.
'The current development is new, which is an ongoing volcanic eruption with a relatively stable lava flow at Sundhnúkur crater row at the same time as ground is uplifting in Svartsengi.'It added: 'If magma accumulation continues at a similar rate, the likelihood of another magma propagation increases in the coming days or weeks, even though an eruption is still ongoing.
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