{"id":12005,"date":"2023-11-19T22:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=12005"},"modified":"2023-11-19T22:48:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:48:41","slug":"update-on-grindavik-on-19-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=12005","title":{"rendered":"Update on Grindav\u00edk on 19. November 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short update on the activity in Grindav\u00edk on 19. November 2023. Information here might go out of date without warning. This article is written at 22:28 UTC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk earthquake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This morning an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,7 took place in Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk-Tr\u00f6lladyngja volcano. This earthquake was felt in Reykjav\u00edk area. This earthquake happens because of all the displacement that is now happening next to Grindav\u00edk town.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12013\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12013 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231119_1635.png\" alt=\"Green star west of Kleifarvatn lake. The dyke appears as a red line with a lot of smaller earthquakes. \" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231119_1635.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231119_1635-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The earthquake activity in Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk-Tr\u00f6lladynga volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Daily update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is also an update for 18. November 2023. I was trying to get a little time off from writing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Little has changed in last two days. Parts of Grindav\u00edk town continue to sink or rise depending on location. Most measured movements is around 25 cm last I did see. If that is correct today I am not sure.<\/li>\n<li>Inflation in Svartsengi is around 130mm since Friday 10. November 2023 according to <a href=\"http:\/\/brunnur.vedur.is\/gps\/reykjanes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPS measurements<\/a> and satellite measurements.<\/li>\n<li>Inflow of magma into Svartsengi is estimated to be around 50m3\/sec when this article is written according to the news. Inflow of magma into the dyke was 75m3\/sec or more few days ago. That has possibly changed to a lower number in last few days.<\/li>\n<li>Earthquake activity remains about the same in the dyke. Around 800 to 2000 earthquakes a day along the 15 km long dyke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12012\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12012 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-1020x1024.png\" alt=\"Image that shows inflation in Svartsengi area on Reykjanes peninsula. This is a red area that has been lifting up 30mm\/day. The image shows also colour blue and green. With blue showing area lowering and green and yellow area uplifting.\" width=\"525\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-1020x1024.png 1020w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reykjanes-landris-18-19-November-2.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inflation on the Reykjanes peninsula. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is impossible to know when this area is going to erupt. It can take up to three to four weeks to happen. It might be a shorter time period, it is impossible to know what happens when it comes to volcanoes and dyke activity.<\/p>\n<p>If anything happens. I&#8217;ll post an update quickly as I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short update on the activity in Grindav\u00edk on 19. November 2023. Information here might go out of date without warning. This article is written at 22:28 UTC. Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk earthquake This morning an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,7 took place in Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk-Tr\u00f6lladyngja volcano. This earthquake was felt in Reykjav\u00edk area. This earthquake happens &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=12005\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Update on Grindav\u00edk on 19. 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