Seismic activity increases day by day

Over the past few days, the number of earthquakes has increased day by day around the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. About 110 earthquakes were recorded yesterday, August 18, but there were about 60 to 90 per day last week. More than 50 earthquakes have been recorded since midnight.

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Like blowing up a balloon

This is stated in a new update from the Icelandic Meteorological Office due to seismic activity in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

Likely to erupt soon

"The Sundhnúkagígar crater row will likely be affected by a magma run and even an eruption," says the announcement from the National Weather Service, but it says that the current seismic activity is very similar to the seismic activity in the days before the eruption that began on May 29.

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Earthquakes are increasing: Two scenarios most likely

Most of the earthquakes measured are below 1.0 in magnitude, but during the weekend two earthquakes were measured above 2.0 in magnitude. One of them was a short distance east of Mt Sýlingarfell and the other between Mt Hagafell and Mt Sýlingarfell.

The latter had a magnitude of 2.5 and is the largest earthquake recorded in the region since the last eruption.