{"id":1820217,"date":"2023-11-15T14:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1820217"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:19:41","slug":"earthquake-swarms-and-an-imminent-eruption-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarms-and-an-imminent-eruption-in-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Swarms and an Imminent Eruption in Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Icelandic Meteorological Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A swarm<\/a> of thousands of earthquakes have been recorded on Iceland\u2019s Reykjanes Peninsula over the past three weeks<\/a>. It\u2019s a strong indication that a volcanic eruption is imminent. The town of Grindav\u00edk<\/a> has been evacuated as a result. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has a page with updates and maps<\/a> of earthquakes and ground deformation from the magmatic intrusion (examples above). A post on Earthquake Insights<\/a> has more maps, plus geological and historical context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A swarm of thousands of earthquakes have been recorded on Iceland\u2019s Reykjanes Peninsula over the past three weeks. It\u2019s a strong indication that a volcanic eruption is imminent. The town of Grindav\u00edk has been evacuated… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[846],"tags":[130,1641,1640,1642,682],"class_list":["post-1820217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-disasters","tag-earthquakes","tag-grindavik","tag-iceland","tag-reykjanes","tag-volcanoes","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1827287,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/satellite-imagery-of-the-eruption-near-grindavik\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820217,"position":0},"title":"Satellite Imagery of the Eruption Near Grindav\u00edk","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 February 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"The Copernicus-2A satellite imaged the smoke plume and lava flow from the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Grindav\u00edk, Iceland yesterday; Marco Langbroek processed natural-colour and short-wave infrared imagery to achieve the above image, which he posted to Bluesky. 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