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Weather forecast
Weather forecast for the next 24 hours
Northly 3-10 m/s and light showers of sleet or rain in the northern part of Iceland, but mostly dry in the west.
East and northeast 5-13 tomorrow but 13-18 by the southeast coast. Partially cloudy and mostly dry, but rain ocassionally in the southeast. Temperature from 3 deg. C in the northeast up to 11 deg. C in the southwest.
Forecast made 14.06.2021 05:18
Forecaster's remarks
Snow or sleet in the NE- and E-parts even on lowlands, as well in the central midlands. Can cause problems to travellers. See yellow warnings.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 14.06.2021 05:18
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Preliminary results
Earthquakes
Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 14 Jun 05:40 GMT
Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours
| Size | Time | Quality | Location |
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| 2.9 | 13 Jun 07:47:14 | Checked | 12.5 km WSW of Kópasker |
| 2.2 | 12 Jun 15:20:28 | Checked | 3.7 km WNW of Eldeyjarboði |
| 2.1 | 13 Jun 00:34:05 | Checked | 8.8 km NNW of Gjögurtá |
Specialist remark
More information on the ongoing eruption at Fagradalsfjall here.
See the latest SO2 / SO4 gas dispersion forecast here. Please note there are always dangers due to gases at the eruption site
Please note that triggered earthquakes can increase the risk of falling rocks from hills or slopes.
Written by a specialist at 31 May 08:18 GMT
Week overview 31 May - 6 June
Around 300 earthquakes were detected by the IMO¿s SIL seismic network this week, a bit more than the previous week when around 230 earthquakes were detected. The largest earthquake was of magnitude M2.5 on May 31st, in the western part of lake Kleifarvatn. The volcano eruption in Fagradalsfjall is ongoing with pulsing activity and on June 2nd, the area of the lava was measured to be 2,67 km2 and the magma flow 12,4 m3/s. One earthquake was detected in Hekla. Around 20 earthquakes were located in Mýrdalsjökull glacier and around 10 in Bárðarbunga volcano. Around 10 earthquakes were located in Grímsvötn volcano. More
Hydrology
Average flow and temperature last 24 hours
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| Norðurá | Stekkur | 23.8 m³/s | |
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| Eldvatn | Eystri-Ásar | 4.1 m³/s | |
| Ölfusá | Selfoss | 350.5 m³/s | 7.5 °C |
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The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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News
Re-evaluation needed of the size of the hazard area
Updated 03.05 12:15
The eruption in Fagradalsfjall continues
through one main crater. The active crater is the fifth fissure opening that opened in the area on the 13th of April. Since the 27th of April, the volcanic activity was characterized by continuous lava fountains, while the activity changed at around midnight on the 2nd of May, and has since been showing pulsating behaviour.
Considering these changes in activity, the size of the hazard area at the eruption site is being re-evaluated.
Read more
A minor eruption underway
Uptdated 29.3 at 09:30
The Civil Protection and Emergency Management's Science Board held a meeting Friday (Mars 26.) to discuss the volcanic eruption in Geldingadalir on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
A lot of data has been collected including on-site and remote measurements along with modeling work forecasting the event's possible behavior over the coming days. A report detailing the event's general status and proposals for regular monitoring will be released shortly.
Read moreThe weather in Iceland in 2020
The year 2020 was stormy. The average wind speed was remarkably high and number of windy days was unusually high.
The annual mean temperature at all stations was higher than the 1961 to 1990 mean, but below the average of the last ten years. It was relatively warmer in the East and Northeast but colder in the Southwest and West.
The year was wet in the North and East. The annual precipitation in Akureyri has never been higher since the beginning of registration in 1928.
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The landslide in Seyðisfjörður is the largest landslide to have damaged an urban area in Iceland
From 15 to 18 December 2020, several landslides hit the town of Seyðisfjörður, destroying or damaging more than 10 buildings. Thankfully, there were no injuries. The largest landslide occurred on 15 December, and it ranks as the most damaging landslide to have affected an urban area in Iceland.
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New article on glacier changes in Iceland over the past 130 years
An article recently published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science on glacier changes in Iceland describes changes in the volume and mass of the Icelandic glaciers since they reached historical maximum extent at the end of the so-called Little Ice Age shortly before 1900. The results of a number of studies covering about 99% of the glacier area are summarized in the article, which is a collaborative effort of many glaciologists at several institutes that conduct measurements and research on glaciers in Iceland.
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Significant ground deformation detected associated with recent earthquakes
Last week a series of earthquakes occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula, between Fagradalsfjall and Kleifarvatn - the largest of which was a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in the vicinity of Núpshíðarháls, which occurred at 13:43 on 20th October. The maps displayed here show ground deformation associated with movement on faults during the period 16th-22nd October.
Read moreShort articles
Sea ice around Iceland
Ice in the ocean around Iceland has mostly arrived from afar.
It comes here from the Denmark strait, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, between Iceland and Greenland. Sometimes the ice comes directly from north to the northeast corner of Iceland, but all the ice comes from the same source: the East-Greenland current which flows from the Arctic Ocean due south along the east coast of Greenland, passing northwest Iceland.
Read moreNew publications and research
- Yesim Cubuk-Sabuncu, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Corentin Caudron, Thomas Lecocq, Michelle Maree Parks, Halldór Geirsson, Aurélien Mordret (2021). Temporal Seismic Velocity Change During the 2020 Rapid Inflation at Mt. Þorbjörn-Svartsengi, Iceland, Using Seismic Ambient Noise. Geophysical Research Letters 48(11). doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092265
- Costanza Morino, Susan J. Conway, Matthew R. Balme, Jón Kristinn Helgason, Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Colm Jordan et al (2021). The impact of ground-ice thaw on landslide geomorphology and dynamics: two case studies in northern Iceland. Springer Nature May 4, 2021. doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01661-1.
- Hrafnhildur Hannesdóttir, Oddur Sigurðsson, Ragnar H. Þrastarson, Snævarr Guðmundsson, Joaquín M.C. Belart, Finnur Pálsson, Eyjólfur Magnússon, Skúli Víkingsson, Ingibjörg Kaldal & Tómas Jóhannesson (2020). A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019. Jökull 70. (Abstract)