{"id":145192,"date":"2023-11-15T23:47:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=145192"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:47:38","slug":"iceland-on-edge-waiting-for-volcanic-eruption-as-crack-opens-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/iceland-on-edge-waiting-for-volcanic-eruption-as-crack-opens-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland &apos;on edge&apos; waiting for volcanic eruption as crack opens in town"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Iceland &#8216;is on edge&#8217; waiting for volcanic eruption after giant crack tears through the centre of a town, thousands are evacuated and hundreds more earthquakes are felt, with &#8216;unholy sounds&#8217; coming up from the earth<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More than 500 quakes were recorded in the Reykjanes Peninsula yesterday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The whole of Iceland &#8216;is on edge&#8217; as experts say earthquakes which have been rumbling beneath the surface for days and have torn through a town are a precursor to a volcanic eruption.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 quakes were recorded in the southwestern Reykjanes Peninsula yesterday, and despite them being slightly weaker than in previous days the Fagradalsfjall volcano is still expected to erupt.<\/p>\n<p>Iceland has been shaken by thousands of tremors over the past few days, with a state of emergency declared on Friday and around 4,000 people ordered to leave the town of Grindavik.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evacuated residents have reported being left feeling &#8216;seasick&#8217; by the tremors and hearing &#8216;unholy sounds&#8217; emanating from beneath the ground as they fled their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Huge sinkholes have opened up around the town, and now dramatic aerial footage captured by the Coast Guard shows a chasm running through the centre, with smoke pouring out of the gaping splits as magma rises.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778301-12746707-image-a-36_1699959213054.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roads near Grindavik have been completely torn open amid the volcanic activity, with a digger seen making repairs today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/11\/77778537-12746707-image-a-41_1699959666184.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smoke has been seen pouring out of fissures as volcanic activity continues under the surface<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77775255-12746707-image-a-35_1699958804985.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Huge sinkholes have emerged on a road due to volcanic activity, near Grindavik<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77731981-12746707-image-a-1_1699952529016.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77734047-12746707-Mount_Fagradalsfjall_volcano_spews_lava_after_an_eruption_in_on_-a-2_1699952563794.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano spews lava after an eruption in on July 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We believe that this intrusion is literally hovering, sitting in equilibrium now just below the earth&#8217;s surface,&#8217; said Matthew James Roberts, director of the service and research division at the meteorological office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have this tremendous uncertainty now. Will there be an eruption and if so, what sort of damage will occur?&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Magma has been accumulating under the town and experts said yesterday that a &#8216;corridor&#8217; around nine miles (14km) long has developed beneath it, with an eruption possible anywhere along the intrusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports that seismic activity overnight was similar to the day before, with &#8216;about a hundred tremors per hour&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most were small, but the largest measured 3.1 and 2.8 in size, according to Visir.is.<\/p>\n<p>Hans Vera, a Belgian-born 56-year-old who has lived in Iceland since 1999, said there had been a constant shaking of his family&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You would never be steady, it was always shaking, so there was no way to get sleep,&#8217; said Vera, who is now staying at his sister-in-law&#8217;s home in a Reykjavik suburb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not only the people in Grindavik who are shocked about this situation it&#8217;s the whole of Iceland.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778355-12746707-image-a-37_1699959302142.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A car drives towards a fissure in a road in the town of Grindavik, Iceland, on Monday November 13<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778373-12746707-image-a-38_1699959330093.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A resident from the town of Grindavik, Iceland, takes some of her belongings from her house after being ordered to evacuate<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778385-12746707-image-a-39_1699959355178.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Grindavik were briefly allowed to return to their homes on Monday after being told to evacuate on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778115-12746707-image-a-7_1699958578718.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dramatic aerial footage captured by the Coast Guard shows a chasm running through the centre of the town<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778107-12746707-image-a-8_1699958591693.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Huge cracks have appeared in the roads and around houses in\u00a0Grindavik as magma accumulates below the surface<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are really concerned about all the houses and the infrastructure in the area,&#8217; head of Iceland&#8217;s Civil Protection and Emergency Management, Vidir Reynisson\u00a0said earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The magma is now at a very shallow depth, so we&#8217;re expecting an eruption within a couple of hours at the shortest, but at least within a couple of days.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Icelanders are &#8216;essentially just waiting&#8217;, local journalist\u00a0Holmfridur Gisladottir told Sky News on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A looming eruption has revived the trauma of the\u00a02010 explosion at another of Iceland&#8217;s volcanoes, Eyjafjallajokull, for many locals.<\/p>\n<p>It produced a huge cloud of ash which prompted the biggest shutdown of global aviation since the Second World War, with 50,000 flights cancelled and eight million passengers affected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/10\/77778359-12746707-image-a-40_1699959401787.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A sign of the village of Grindavik, which was ordered to evacuate due to volcanic activity<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77732193-12746707-Roads_were_shut_when_large_cracks_emerged_following_tremors_amid-a-4_1699952570928.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roads were shut when large cracks emerged following tremors, amid increasing seismic and volcanic activity<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77732315-12746707-Roads_have_been_wrecked_in_the_south_western_town_and_4_000_peop-a-3_1699952567165.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roads have been wrecked in the south-western town and 4,000 people were evacuated after tremors<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the differences between a potential eruption of Fagradalsfjall and Eyjafjallajokull, Mr Roberts said an eruption could see lava spew over the town, but was less likely to cause the same ash blast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told BBC R4&#8217;s Today programme on Monday: &#8216;First of all there isn&#8217;t an ice cap on top and it&#8217;s not a stratovolcano so wouldn&#8217;t be an explosive blast of volcanic ash into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This would be a lava-producing volcanic eruption along a series of fissures and that would be the main hazard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added that an eruption &#8216;that persists for weeks&#8217; is possible, meaning roads and other infrastructure could be &#8216;in harm&#8217;s way&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/11\/77778323-12746707-image-a-42_1699959743274.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cracks have been worsening amid ongoing volcanic and seismic activity around Grindavik. Picture taken on\u00a0November 13<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77732309-12746707-Large_cracks_appear_on_a_road_amid_volcanic_activity_near_Grinda-a-5_1699952579903.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Large cracks appear on a road amid volcanic activity near Grindavik in Iceland on November 11<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, lava fountains erupted spectacularly from a fissure in the ground measuring between 500-750 metres long in the region&#8217;s Fagradalsfjall volcanic system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic activity in the area continued for six months that year, prompting thousands of Icelanders and tourists to visit the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August 2022, a three-week eruption happened in the same area, followed by another in July of this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12746707\/Iceland-volcanic-eruption-crack-tears-town-thousands-evacuated-hundreds-earthquakes-unholy-sounds-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iceland &#8216;is on edge&#8217; 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