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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours
Southeast and south 8-13 m/s tomorrow and rain, considerable rain in South- and West-Iceland. Decreasing wind and precipitation tomorrow evening. Temperature 7 to 12 deg. C.
Forecast made 02.10.2026 22:13
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Preliminary results
Earthquakes
Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 02 Oct 22:30 GMT
Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours
| Size | Time | Quality | Location |
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| 3.3 | 01 Oct 06:49:54 | Checked | 36.2 km WNW of Grímsey |
| 2.8 | 01 Oct 00:37:41 | Checked | 35.3 km WNW of Grímsey |
| 2.6 | 01 Oct 01:27:39 | Checked | 36.1 km NW of Grímsey |
Specialist remark
A magnitude 3.3 occurred just NE of Grimsey this yesterday morning (1. October) at 06:49. A few earthquakes have been observed in the area in the past few day, but earthquakes there are quite common.
Written by a specialist at 02 Oct 12:32 GMT
Week overview -
Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More
Hydrology
Average flow and temperature last 24 hours
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Remarks of a specialist
Due to malfunction we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. Instead see the data using our Rauntímavöktunarkerfi.
Written by a specialist at 02 Oct 11:00 GMT
Avalanche forecasts are now published on Icelandic Met Office’s new website:
New avalanche pages on gottvedur.is/en
News from the Icelandic Met Office’s landslide monitoring service are now published on a new site for landslide warnings on gottvedur.is
News
New risk assessment for people's safety in Grindavík available on the municipality's website
Situation on the Reykjanes Peninsula
Increased electrical conductivity and gas pollution at Múlakvísl
Measurements show that uplift at Askja has ceased
Measurements by the lake in Askja. Fieldwork in the area was completed this week, and the results indicate that the uplift episode that began in 2021 has ended.
Read moreIncreased hazard due to changing conditions at the margin of Sólheimajökull glacier
Recent changes at the terminus of Sólheimajökull call for increased caution. Unstable glacier ice and rockfall from the surrounding slopes may pose a risk to people visiting the area.
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Ground uplift and magma accumulation continue beneath Svartsengi
Short articles
Icelandic climate
Iceland enjoys a much milder climate than its name and location adjacent to the Arctic circle would imply.
Read moreNew publications and research
- Guðrún Nína Petersen (2025). Alviðruhamrar - Meteorological conditions
- Michelle Parks, Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Vincent Drouin, Ásta R. Hjartardóttir, Halldór Geirsson, Andrew Hooper, Kristín S. Vogfjörð, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Esther H. Jensen, Páll Einarsson, Sara Barsotti & Hildur M. Friðriksdóttir. (2023).
- Sahar Rahpeyma, Benedikt Halldórsson, Birgir Hrafnkelsson & Atefe Darzi. (2023). Frequency-dependent site amplification functions for key geological units in Iceland from a Bayesian hierarchical model for earthquake strong-motions.
- Sara Klaasen, Solvi Thrastarson, Yesim Cubuk-Sabuncu, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Lars Gebraad, Patrick Paitz & Andreas Fichtner. Subclacial volvano monitoring with fiber-optic sensing: Grímsvötn, Iceland. (2023).
- Ismael Vera Rodriquez, Marius P. Isken, Torsten Dahm, Oliver D. Lamb, Sin-Mei Wu, Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Pilar Sanchez-Pastor, John Clinton, Christopher Wollin, Alan F. Baird, Andreas Wuestefeld, Beat Booz, Eva P.S.Eibl, Sebastian Heimann, Bettina P. Goertz-Allmann, Philippe Jousset, Volker Qye, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir, Anne Obermann. (2002).
- Lamb, O.D., Gestrich, J.E., Barnie, T.D., Jónsdóttir, K., Ducrocq, C., Shore, M.J., Lees, J.M., Lee, S.J (2022). Acoustic observations of lava fountain activity during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland. Bull Volcanol 84, 96. doi.org/10.1007/s00445-022-01602-3
- Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Michelle Parks, Andrew Hooper, Halldór Geirsson, Kristín S. Vogfjörd, Vincent Drouin, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Sigurlaug Hjaltadóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Páll Einarsson, Sara Barsotti, Josef Horálek & Thorbjörg Ágústsdóttir (2022). Deformation and seismicity decline before the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption. Nature 609, 523–528. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05083-4
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