There is nothing new about a #VolcanicEruption in the south-west of #Iceland, on Reykjanes (smoky peninsula). This map (from the Icelandic outlet #Heimildin) shows that there were centuries of repeated #eruptions from about the 8th to the 13th centuries CE.
You can see how the southern part of the capital-region intersects with eruptions from the 10th century. I live in #Reykjavík but it is beneath the box labelled Kópavogur.
I'll give some info on reading the map in a reply.
@oligneisti Could you perhaps answer a couple of questions for me? I'm not finding the information in articles I've read- how does Iceland's government respond to the citizens of Grindavik? Will they get financial assistance to rebuild or move elsewhere if the town is deemed unsafe?
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There are elements of the compensation laws that clearly favor those who return. When avalanches hit two villages in the Western-Fjords in Iceland back in the 90s, new houses were built within a safer area in the villages.
What I am hearing is that the uncertainty is the worst for many people. We don't know if #Grindavík will be habitable any time in the future. Geology shows that these #eruptions can go on for decades in the same area.
More on the new fissure eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula. The fissue is estimated to be at least 2 mi/3 km long, and is located just north of the town of Grindavík and east of the Blue Lagoon resort and Svartsengi Power Plant. Authorities have called this the 'worst possible place' for a new eruption because of the danger that lava flows could cause to infrastructure, particularly the power plant.
As you can see: just as the previous fissure #eruptions no ash is being produced. No big problem for aviation at the moment. Only thing: #Rekjanesbraut is closed, so hard to reach the airport.. #Iceland#ijsland (9/n)
Four gargantuan undersea sediment deposits discovered near Italy show evidence of a series of supereruptions dating back some 50,000 years and suggest another big one could be on the way. Science Alert reports: https://flip.it/UAKVwe #Science#Volcano#Eruptions