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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours
South and southwest 5-13 m/s and widely rain or showers of rain.
South 8-13 m/s at the east coast tomorrow, but much lighter winds elsewhere. Rain or sleet in the east parts and snow in mountains, but scattered showers of rain or sleet elsewhere. Clearing in most places tomorrow evening.
Temperatures 2 to 10 deg C, mildest in the Eastfjords.
Forecast made 19.10.2026 21:42
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Preliminary results
Earthquakes
Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 20 Oct 02:20 GMT
Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours
| Size | Time | Quality | Location |
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| 5.2 | 19 Oct 14:44:21 | Checked | 3.1 km SSE of Bárðarbunga |
| 3.0 | 19 Oct 12:51:09 | Checked | 5.0 km ESE of Bárðarbunga |
| 2.7 | 19 Oct 12:50:38 | Checked | 5.6 km ESE of Bárðarbunga |
Specialist remark
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake was measures in Bárðarbunga at 14:44 today, October 19. The last earthquakes of this magnitude took place on October 5th and on July 28th. A few aftershocks have followed. Earthquakes of this size occur regularly within the Bárðarbunga caldera.
Written by a specialist at 19 Oct 15:08 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
Considerable precipitaiton is forecasted in South and West Iceland, especially in the southeast part today. Increased run-off is expected in rivers in Southeast Iceland and rivers draining Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
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 18 Oct 15:54 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
Deep low approaching Iceland, bringing gales, rain and blizzard conditions
A deep low will approach Iceland tonight, bringing easterly gales and considerable precipitation tomorrow morning. Northerly winds will bring blizzard conditions to northwestern Iceland in the afternoon, spreading eastwards overnight. The weather will ease on Thursday. Keep up to date with weather warnings.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreShort articles
The weather app improved
Weather forecasts and the current weather condition can be checked through an improved weather app provided by IMO.
Forecasts are now provided for each hour and the meteograms are available again.
Location is detected if GPS on; alerts issued by the Met Office appear automatically during the day and a personal weather watch can be arranged.
An interactive weather map shows weather observations at any station in the country.
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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