#Iceland 🇮🇸

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Fagradalsfjall Volcano Erupting in July. In 2021, Fagradalsfjall erupted for the first time in about 800 years, kickstarting a new era in volcanic activity in Iceland 🇮🇸. Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

'Time's Finally up': Impending Iceland Eruption is Part of Centuries-Long Volcanic Pulse

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is now in a new era of volcanic eruptions that will last for up to 500 years, and the building magma beneath Sundhnúkur and Grindavík is part of this millenia-long cycle.

— By Hannah Osborne | Live Science

Iceland's potentially imminent eruption in the Reykjanes Peninsula is part of a 1,000-year cycle of volcanic activity that will likely cause eruptions for centuries, scientists say.

"Time's finally up," Edward W. Marshall, a researcher at the University of Iceland's Nordic Volcanological Center, told Live Science in an email. "We can get ready for another few hundred years of eruptions on the Reykjanes."

Seismic activity began increasing in the south of the peninsula in October, with hundreds of earthquakes recorded there each day. On Nov. 10, authorities evacuated the town of Grindavík, with experts warning an volcanic eruption could take place in just days.

Infographic showing the seismic activity that has hit Iceland in recent weeks. Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

According to the Icelandic Met Office (IMO), a magma tunnel stretching 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) formed beneath the ground between Sundhnúkur in the north and Grindavík. The area affected also encompasses the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa — a tourist hotspot that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Magma in the tunnel — also known as a dike — appears to be rising to the surface, and there is a high risk of it breaking through. The greatest area of magma upwelling is currently close to Sundhnúkur, about 2 miles (3.5 km) northeast of Grindavík, according to the IMO. Researchers believe the amount of magma in the tunnel is "significantly more" than what was present during the eruptions at Fagradalsfjall, which sparked back to life in 2021 after more than 800 years of inactivity.

That 2021 eruption marked the start of a new cycle of volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Geological records show periods of inactivity last between 600 and 1,200 years, which is then followed by pulses of eruptions lasting between 200 and 500 years, Clive Oppenheimer, a professor of volcanology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., told Live Science in an email.

"It looks like 2021 kicked off a new eruptive phase which might see the several fault zones crossing the [Reykjanes Peninsula] firing on and off for centuries," he said.

Grindavík has been evacuated over fears an eruption may take place in or near the town. Image credit: Kjartan Torbjoernsson/Getty Images

The Reykjanes Peninsula sits above two tectonic plates that are being pulled apart. The strain that builds up is released in bursts as part of the cycle. "We are now in one of these pulses," David Pyle, a volcanologist and professor of Earth sciences at the University of Oxford, U.K, told Live Science in an email. "Each eruption releases just a bit more of the stored-up strain, and eventually, when all of that strain has been released, then the eruptions will stop."

It is currently unclear if an eruption will take place as a result of the magma tunnel. "These sorts of dikes are actually a tectonic, not a magmatic feature. In other words, the lava is filling a fracture, not forcing its way into the rock," Marshall said.

Should a fissure emerge, an eruption could last for several weeks. The large amount of magma involved compared with previous eruptions in the region could result in more lava flow at the surface, Oppenheimer said.

What happens next is a waiting game, Marshall said. "I predict — if an eruption occurs — that it will occur between a few days to threeish weeks. If it hasn't erupted in three weeks, I don't think it will happen. Cooling will begin to close the fractures."

— Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and Snimals Editor at Live Science. She worked for several years at Newsweek and at International Business Times U.K. as the Science Editor. Hannah holds a Master's in Journalism from Goldsmith's, University of London.

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[pr0dbeomgyu]

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[ferrari-desmosedici-wwe-fc]

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[sagetheenbymage]

I kid you not my friend didn’t know Iceland was a real place. She thought I was lying and asked me where I was really going 😭

#It was funny as hell #She was shocked when she found out Iceland was indeed a real place #Going to Iceland for a week btw #So that’s awesome #🇮🇸

[islandiis]

[He appears to have crawled out of his hole for the first time in a few weeks, since he's suddenly jumpscaring his nearest friend by silently siding up beside them. Where did he come from?]

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[music-addiction-disorder]

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[majesticnaturephoto]

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[maanemand]

I want to fuck the entire Icelandic men’s handball team and no one can stop me!

#🫶 Iceland my love 🫶🇮🇸 #world men’s handball championship #handball #Iceland #personal #text post

[vishallodaya-blog]

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[mariafotografa]

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[xtruss]

Gaza City, Forever Palestine 🇵🇸! A woman searches for items to salvage from buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes on al-Mukhabarat street. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Rafah, Gaza, Forever Palestine 🇵🇸! Smoke billows during an Israeli bombardment. Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the Israel Defense Forces had been instructed to commence operations in the southern Gaza city, where the population has been swelled by hundreds of thousands of displaced people. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

Rafah, Gaza, Forever Palestine 🇵🇸! A woman looks out from the window of a damaged house after an Israeli bombardment. The deadliest round of fighting in the conflict has killed more than 27,000 Palestinians, levelled entire neighbourhoods, driven the vast majority of Gaza’s population from their homes and pushed a quarter of the population to the brink of starvation. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Hatay, Türkiye 🇹🇷! A woman mourns at the grave of a loved one killed during last year’s earthquake. A year ago a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and killed more than 50,000 people. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Grindavík, Iceland 🇮🇸! Smoke and lava pouring out of a new fissure during a volcanic eruption on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavík. The lava flow hit thermal-based water pipes in the region just south of the capital, Reykjavík, disrupting the supply of hot water to more than 20,000 people and leading the civil protection agency to raise its alert level to emergency status. Photograph: Icelandic Coast Guard/AFP/Getty Images

Viña Del Mar, Chile 🇨🇱! Homes destroyed by a wildfire in El Olivar neighbourhood. Chile, Argentina and other parts of South America’s southern cone have been facing a severe heatwave, something experts say will become more common during the southern hemisphere summer months as a result of climate change. Photograph: Javier Torres/AFP/Getty Images

Antarctica 🇦🇶! A whale breaches as a Turkish scientific team continue their voyage during the 8th National Antarctic Science Expedition. Photograph: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images

Anosy, Madagascar 🇲🇬! A village in southern Madagascar. The Indian Ocean island country, the first to face food shortages linked to climate change, has experienced poor rains in recent months. As the El Niño climate pattern takes hold, fears of a worsening hunger situation loom large. Photograph: Sarah Tetaud/AFP/Getty Images

Aba, China 🇨🇳! Giant pandas enjoy refreshments at the Shenshuping conservation and research centre. Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

San Vicente, El Salvador 🇸🇻! Officers in riot gear patrol inside a prison. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, won a resounding victory in elections this week after voters cast aside concerns about the erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce gang crackdown that has transformed security in the country. Photograph: Alex Peña/Getty Images

#Photographs #Around the Globe 🌎 #Gaza #Forever Palestine 🇵🇸 #Türkiye 🇹🇷 #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Chile 🇨🇱 #Antarctica 🇦🇶 #Madagascar 🇲🇬 #China 🇨🇳 #El Salvador 🇸🇻

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[little-frank]

Out of time and out of place, the wreck of a DC plane lies on the sands of Sólheimasandur, Suðurland Iceland 🇮🇸. ~ #planewreckIceland #planewreckiceland🇮🇸 #planewrecksolheimasandur #planewrecksouthiceland #desert #solheimasandur #sólheimasandur #solheimasandurplanewreck #adventure #Iceland #sciencefiction #apocalypse #wonder #disaster #exploring #moon #planet #sandur #sudurland #suðurland #dream #nightmare #planewreck #epic #surreal #landmark #bleak #barren #landscape #dreams (at Solheimasandur Plane Wreck) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiCQnYQMc9B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#planewreckiceland #planewreckiceland🇮🇸 #planewrecksolheimasandur #planewrecksouthiceland #desert #solheimasandur #sólheimasandur #solheimasandurplanewreck #adventure #iceland #sciencefiction #apocalypse #wonder #disaster #exploring #moon #planet #sandur #sudurland #suðurland #dream #nightmare #planewreck #epic #surreal #landmark #bleak #barren #landscape #dreams

[ferrari-desmosedici-wwe-fc]

Dear Iceland nt, I love you so much, I love your culture, I love your country, I love your places and I love your team

Now it's your turn to make the difference

The next days, weeks and months will be very important

I need you in Euro 2024

Play your game, play your style

Please Iceland, win for me

🇮🇸

#iceland national team #iceland nt #euro 2024 #Euro2024 #🇮🇸

[naapurinheluna]

you can’t tell me that there’s someone in the nordics who doesn’t know this song:

#nordics #finland #sweden #norway #iceland #denmark #🇫🇮 #🇩🇰 #🇧🇻 #🇸🇪 #🇮🇸 #🇫🇴 #🇦🇽 #faroe islands #åland #sommartider #nordic summer #summer #europe #the nordics #spotify #culture #there aren’t actually polar bears

[tinagodiva]

Iceland 🇮🇸

#nature #photography #art #culture #history #movies #music #science #student #travel