Seismic activity remains stable near Grindavík (southwest of Iceland) this Thursday, six days after the first tremors were detected, while authorities continue to consider an eruption likely.
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Experts at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) are closely monitoring how the flow of magma beneath the surface is slowing down, as well as the increase in sulfur dioxide (SO₂) levels in the atmosphere. last days.
“We believe there remains a possibility of an eruption. In the last eruptions we saw that it is precisely when this movement (of the magma) begins to reduce that the moment of the eruption approaches,” the head of natural disaster monitoring at the IMO, Kristín Jónsdóttir, told RUV public television today.
The police this Thursday allowed a new group of residents to enter the Grindavikevacuated since the weekend, to collect her belongings.
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The Icelandic authorities this week began the construction of protection dikes against the wash6 to 8 meters high, around the nearby Svartsengi power plant and the Blue Lagoon, the famous geothermal spa located in the area and whose closure has been extended at least until November 30.
Construction work could last between 30 and 40 days, according to the Icelandic digital media Visir.
Iceland It is a volcanic island located in the North Atlantic that has a population of about 370,000 inhabitants and an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers.
