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Thanks for your videos! They have been great and informative. What is your opinion on Coronal Hole influence on these events? Would Ben Davidsons views on Earthquake prediction interest you? Here's his earthquake playlist if you want to consider his theories: ruclips.net/p/PLHSoxioQtwZd1hLRmIP9WS9AI1PZCnsol
Did you know that the military is taking out tunnels, roads, around 3 and mega trains tracks at 6 and sub bases at around 9. At all come off the ports .
The people of Grindavik have my sincere sympathy. My town was never evacuated in most of the 50 years I have lived here, until spring 2022 for severe flooding and twice this past summer for wildfire. Whatever the reason it is hard to leave your home, property and livelyhood to the caprices of nature and circumstance. My prayers for the people of Grindavik.
Astute comment! The use of the words "caprices of nature" might be updated though. This page about geology showed that human societies borrow their time and places from nature, which on Earth is responsible in building the land we choose to live on. This video explained to us that the green valleys where carved by the pasage of lava in the past, explaining why these enriched regions were preferred by humans. There is nothing capricious about that, and thanks to geology, people have a new tool to make what in the past would have been seen as an unexplainable catastrophies intelligible and comprehensible. We must adapt to our environement and science really can help us in this. Iceland and Icelanders are beautiful example of that!
Whole town including its horses and probably sheep have been evacuated in like 2 hours time. Icelandic people are very helpful offering places to stay like summer houses and for those who have no place to stay there is a 'shelter' at the airport.
Amazing that Icelandic authorities are being so proactive by ordering an evacuation as a risk mitigation measure. Grindavik only has two roads out of town and one goes by the projected eruption site. Of course, in a worse case scenario, they could evacuate by sea. Hopefully any eruption will not put people or property at risk
Property may be very well protected by 3 feet of lava, but I know what you mean. I am thinking the same right down to all their pets too. I live in northern Canada, it was a rough year. Even my pets got smokers coughs and red eyes.
Doesn't amaze me. It's a volcanic event. Where and how are only approximations. There is a thermal energy plant next to it. There is water. There is potential for terrible steam explosions. Evacuation is the proper course.
There are 3 roads out of Grindavík: 43 going north, 425, going west, and 427 going east. They have closed 43 which is the one passing the projected eruption site (it goes between Blue Lagoon and Sandhnjúkagígar) but 425 and 427 are open and authorities are asking people to use these.
Must be very hard times for the people in that town. I was thinking that if I was there and told to leave, what would I take that was important. My guess would be to just take the things you need to survive. Best wishes for the people of Grindavik.
@@MiracleFound you aint wrong. Yet look at all of these earth quakes in the last few years. This is the only 1 that I have seen people removed from the danger on. A volcano on top of it. Better safe than sorry. Sound the alarm. Speaking of the e US, look at how many people have to be rescued during tornadoes and hurricanes. Thats with a warning. Pets left out in it and all.
According to Gylfi of Just Icelandic, a coast guard ship has been sent to the harbor. His RUclips channel has some detailed views of the crater area, as well as at least 2 shows on Grindivik.
So glad that they ordered the evacuation, given your confidence level of an eruption most likely happening close by or close enough to the village. About how far would they have to go to be relatively safe?
You're doing yoeman's work with these updates: clear, comprehensive and qualifying the uncertainty of the situation as well as compassion for the locals, thanks Shawn!
Hi, GOD has a plan: These are warning signs that Judgement is coming but there is hope for all born again Christians! Thank our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come form the bottom of your heart and don't forget that JESUS is GOD, see John 1! We are living in the END TIMES, JESUS is coming soon for the rapture! Listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology, check out rapture ready News for daily updates on how close we are.
Been watching the cams at Thorbjorn and Fagradalsfjall in real time. Icelandic Met Office is talking days as opposed to hours before lava breaks the surface.
Been to Iceland several times for work and the Blue Lagoon often. I hiked up that hill north of Grindavik. Hoping all my friends in Iceland are safe !!
Yes Jesus talked about the end times in Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
I was stationed in Keflavik back in the late 90's and that "green" area between Keflavik and Grindavik is actually a thick layer of moss that has covered all that volcanic rock. When you're hiking from the base to the Blue Lagoon it was rather comforting considering walking across lava flows in Central Oregon is extremely opposite.
Save the horses, the dogs, the cats, the sheep, the cows, the …! Our Father, God, we ask for your divine protection of ALL your creatures, great and small; wise and wonderful. Grant us wisdom and courage for the facing of these days, in the name of your son Jesus Christ we pray.
I am from Grindavik, grew up there. Although now live in Kopavogur. But my family live there. The evacuation last night went really well and people are helping one another and coming together to assist in any way possible. No one knows when it will be safe to go home, but most already are aware that things are changing, not knowing if it will erupt, or where is frightening.
excellent explanation. i was stationed at Keflavik NAS back early 90s and my second son was born there, and he is now in Reykjavik University for his PhD. he told me this is BIG news in Iceland, they aren't messing around with it. the whole island is pitching in to help the residents being evacuated.
Just landed a few hours ago and staying in Keflavik. Just laying in bed I’ve felt a few gentle tremors in the last few hours. Was supposed to head down to Grindavik tomorrow
As a kid from Cali (too many quakes to count!), we came to Boise some 62 years ago. As you know, Idaho has it's share of seismic activity. Reminding us that there are forces well beyond what we can control, expect or deal with. Reminds me of the 70s TV commercial that quipped, 'It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!'...she has plans for us, we shouldn't be so surprised!
My heart goes out to the people of Grindavik. These Icelandic eruptions are amazing and beautiful but the story changes when an entire town is in danger of being destroyed. I will be watching closely. Thank you so much for your videos.
Replying at: 00:20 EST: The warning was upgraded to emergency evac. All residents of Grindavík are obliged to evacuate their houses and leave the town. People are asked to put a note in the window to show that the house is empty. Drive carefully from home, it's dark and there are many people on the road. On the geothermal plant: I followed what happened in Hawaii in 2018: the pipes that go down deep don't carry water, they carry some highly explosive liquid which can get much hotten than 100° without boiling, and when it arrives at surface is then used to boil water which drives the turbines. However, if left untended it can start to boil/explode and cause huge amout of damage. In the case of PGV, they had procedures to empty the pipes that goes down deep and move that liquid offsite so lava wouldn't get to it. As I recall, they lost a couple of wells to lava (covered by it) but rest remained intanct and were able to resume production some time after eruption had ended and roads to site built.
According to the folks at "Live from Iceland" who own that camera you recommended, the reason it's pointed at Grindavik now is because the local civil defense is "borrowing" it to watch the town. Live From Iceland's cameras: ruclips.net/video/804nPrAUAxg/видео.html
Thank you, this was interesting and informative. Good thoughts for Grendavik and the people who live there, hope they are safe and nothing in the town is too badly damaged. Crossing my fingers!
That's so nice of you! Please tell him that these are warning signs that Judgement is coming but there is hope for all born again Christians! Thank our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come form the bottom of your heart and don't forget that JESUS is GOD, see John 1! We are living in the END TIMES, JESUS is coming soon for the rapture! Listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology, check out rapture ready News for daily updates on how close we are.
When they have to evacuate it's appx. 30 miles to Reykjavik ... if the road there is still drive able ! So many places in the world to pray for this weekend ! May the LORD have mercy on us all.
No need to worry, even if the roads would all become unusable 90% of towns in Iceland are coastal so evacuation by sea would always be possible, one of our coastguard ships, Þór, is just outside of Grindavík now, all other ships in icelandic waters are willing and able to help if needed ❤
I am impressed with the Icelandic government. If this were to be happening in England today our government would blame Jeremy Corbin and do nothing at all about the problem.
I'm in WA state and we are experiencing a lot of earthquakes around Mt. St. Helens as well. 1-2 weeks ago, we had a couple of low amplitude quakes off the Puget Sound on land. All these areas that are experiencing volcanic quakes or tectonic quakes is concerning. Hope all people evacuate safely and nothing happens to their little town.
Coast Guard is in attendance. Traffic is being moved out carefully. Some residents started leaving yesterday. The evacuation should go smoothly unless..... earthquake damage to roads.
Whoa, those are shallow indeed 😮 Excellent evacuation tactics. Put up a note you evacuated! I was in San Francisco in 1989, on the waterfront. Shake rattle and roll! Scary.
Positive thoughts to the people of Grindavik and the people of the Reykjanes peninsula. I was just there last July to enjoy the sights of the last volcanic eruption and couldn't beleive how close it was to that town where we stayed at the local camping site.
Maybe the magma intrusion can keep moving south and erupt off the coast. You didn’t mention anything about its rising from its holding chamber 4-5 km down, which is encouraging. I hope it keeps moving east or south until the people and infrastructure are safe.
It would be truly sad to lose the Blue Lagoon. It is one of the coolest places I have ever experienced. If given the chance, I highly recommend it. Iceland is such a magical place.
As a person with some geologic sense, the fact that there are the fairly sizable shifts in the locus for the earthquakes would lead me to believe there is a major magma body at work here. I'm not sure the previous three eruptions affected this much area. If I can believe the Skjalfti website, there are appreciable earthquakes all over southwestern Iceland. And these shifts are quite fast even for viscous basaltic magma.
I know nothing of magma flow, however, the range and color chosen to indicate activity conveys that idea a bit too well. It is easy for my mind's eye to visualize this. Does the surface ground get noticeably warmer? Or steam at all, as the magma moves?
@@kslolohoku2665 Since the sill (horizontal area where the magma is) is at around 5km deep it wont warm the surface unless that magma is very close to the surface and starts interacting with ground water.
Wow. Thank you. On another well-known channel, a post on Facebook was shown that indicated that the Blue Lagoon access road was closed due to a giant crack that formed during the ongoing seismic unrest. Gylfi said it was the main road from Grindavik to Kef. Regardless, damage is inevitable under the circumstances. I’m a lifelong geology nerd, and it’s incredible how the magma concentration is shifting locations so rapidly. I’ve never seen anything like it.
On a channel called Hlidarmenn, I saw that road 43, I think, has been closed due to damage even though there have been some repairs. It looked like there was a way around the damage but that wasn't clear.
Very helpful, and thank you for mentioning trenches (if they are diggble in the soil). The problem with berms is that they are new and loose, whereas the walls of a trench are composed of soil that has been in place for millenia
Very informative. Thank you. But as someone who's studied a bit of Icelandic, could I ask you to fix your pronunciation of the town's name in any future posts? Instead of GREEN da vick, it's GRIN da veek. Thanks again.
A follow-up and a question: - All people have been evacuated from Grindavík. They were told to leave all their belongings behind except for what was strictly needed. They sent a bunch of buses to get people out in case they didn't have a car or otherwise was unable to get away on their own. - I've seen several quakes in the ocean there, one just south of Grindavík with a depth of only 400m(!). Is it likely this could fart off in the ocean instead of going off at land? Or would the pressure be too great or temperature too low? I'm not a geologist (jarðfræðingur, "earth specialist", all those nice Icelandic words), so just asking.
I remember being a kid, 9 years old, living in Jerome, ID when Mt. St. Helens blew. I was so excited, and I kept look to the Northwest and wanting to see ash coming, of course it didn't. Then I moved to Lewiston in 1995 and eventually met my wife who has told me about the ash that fell. Then about 6-7 years ago I had the opportunity to actually go to see Mt. St. Helens. There are no pictures or videos that come even close to showing what Mother Nature can produce. If you have not been there, it is well worth the $4.50+ per gallon. To see actual mountain and/or lava erupting has to be an amazing sight sight!! 🌋🌋🌋🌋
I'm glad that so many people are monitoring the situation, and that they're taking it seriously. With luck, it'll turn out to be nothing but a little burp. Regarding the earthquakes, I was home when a 3.4 hit, and we lived in a manufactured home. We were in the living room playing card games with some friends. Heard a big popping/banging noise and literally it came through under one side of the house and passed through to the other like a very noisy and shakey wave. The noise had a very low bass like sound to it. It was definitely a very weird experience. The next quake I was in was also mid to upper 3's and I was driving on the highway. It felt like something suddenly went wrong with the suspension on my suburban.
sometimes "right" clicking on the map and choosing "open in new tab" will bring the map to full size. hope this helps and thank you sharing this information.
Roads slick & icy rn. Lot of farms on that old flow, with sheep & horses up in the pastures; no way to bring them in & move. And it could extrude off the coast, after all - that happened last year.
I’m fascinated with how you delineate when one quake ends, and another begins. I guess this boils down to specific location of each one. Does anyone know if there are any Ham Radio operators on the air….. i.e. a running source of updated info?
Ah life on a live volcano wouldn't it better to just live in yurts or tents mobile homes than to build cities on top of old lava flows wow so you could pack up your whole house and get out of dodge reminds me of the same thing Hawaii goes through from time to time
CTRL+ will help make the artifacts on a web page larger. On the interactive EQ Map, try dialing down the depth to under 4, or under 2 clicks to help clean up the map better. Nice update, thanks.
I am worried for the people there. And am glad they are evacuating now. I hope that somehow the eruption spares the town and power plant. Thinking of all those impacted, sending compassion from the Pacific NW USA
It may not be known yet, but with the earthquake surge NNE of Grindavik then moving down into Grindavik itself it would be a valuable statistic to know if there is any uplift at those locations. We had heard of 8-10 cm in the area southwest of the Blue lagoon. If earthquakes had moved to the new locations was uplift observed? And what about this claim that was on your website that a tunnel was created to the surface that the magma could move up?! I find it quite fascinating and concerning how fast this threat of an eruption is moving.
If this follows the pattern of the Fagradalsfjall eruptions, then there won't be an eruption until the earthquakes die down. This is basically an ocean ridge on land, so the seismic activity is overall extensional. Once the rocky overburden has fractured and failed, then the magma has a set of conduits to the surface. The magnitude and frequency of these earthquakes, however, is much greater than what they had with any of the Fagradalsfjall-proximal eruptive events. Probably it means that this is a much bigger event that is coming, more in line with the scale of some of the events from back around 1200 AD or so. Whether this will lead to a somewhat different relational pattern between seismicity and magmatism is unclear. However, the overall tectonic framework of the system is the same.
I think if it continues migrating south the risk of a explosive eruption is pretty high because the magma might mix with the seawater under the surface and cause a phreatic eruption. Hopefully it goes east instead away from the water.
It will be messy if it heads towards town. I really hope not and also hope it's a nice one like fagradasfjall. But our biggest concern is katla a super Volcano not imminent, but due to erupt under a glacier
Also. The quakes did call down last night. Lots of 5.2 quakes yesterday evening felt all the way up in Reykjavík. I drove down to garður last night and didn't feel any. I'd bet money it comes up this weekend
That was interesting watching the mayor experience the quake. It seemed more like an up-and-down movement instead of a side-to-side movement like in a preexisting slip fault. Is that more characteristic of magma movement?
Why does the movie “Volcano” come to mind? 😰 The one with Tommy Lee Jones and the Volcano erupting under LA? I read most volcanologists rolled their eyes, but all agreed lava and a subway system would be a night mare situation!
Here in firestorm-ridden California, my County has given us laminated, printed, hanging placards to place outside our homes if we have to evacuate in case of fire. This was part of a new wildfire prevention and response program, we also had exterior home and land inspections. In one terrible fast-moving fire, first responders risked their lives going door to door in the middle of the night, telling people to run for their lives. Those who didn’t died, it was terrible.
interesting presentation, may be worth going back a few days the quakes have been cycling round reykjanes, eldvorp, svartsengi, the nupar vents, grindavik and back to reykjanes and so on. Also this time round the intensity and spread have been higher than the last cycle, typically we'll see a lull for a few hours and then the cycle restarts....I'm not a geologist but it looks to me as though the tesion builds from the southeast, spreads to northwest then releases a bit then moves south and east a bit and so on. During the last three years we've seen this cycle several times in this area then the lmagma moves west and then erupts under fargradfjall, though those eruptions have been moving northwest, and the interval between eruptions has been reducing.
I've experienced major earthquakes in the SF Bay Area and now, in SW Mexico. Icelanders have all my sympathy. May they be able to return to their community, safely.
Supposed to be going to Iceland in 2 days - Monday - Your update videos have been so helpful and educational - really appreciate your taking the time to do these videos and the updates on the volcano - hoping the eruption holds off until after we arrive or doesn't happen at all. So happy they were able to evacuate everyone just in case.
Geology doesn't work that way. The eruption could happen in Grindavik, north or south of the town or not at all. Grindavik isn't going anywhere though it could be devastated by volcanoes erupting in the town.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 i am referencing the approximate 6x6km circle of 7cm uplift as per 6 Nov is not overlapping the coastline as per (en.vedur.is/media/uncategorized/medium/bylgjuvixlm-8-nov-uppfaerd.png), but since then, the magma has moved, what pressures can the sub sea angle of repose survive?
Good to know that the authorities in Iceland appear to be acting proactively. I also feel that every Icelander will do everything possible to help all affected.
I remember when Mt St Helens had recurring earthquakes, getting closer together until the mountain blew north toward Seattle in 1980. The folks in the Vancouver Portland area considered themselves fortunate, even though they received a fair amount of ash. I remember standing in my driveway in Portland watching the plume of erupting ash. Hope everyone gets out ok.
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Thanks for your videos! They have been great and informative.
What is your opinion on Coronal Hole influence on these events?
Would Ben Davidsons views on Earthquake prediction interest you? Here's his earthquake playlist if you want to consider his theories:
ruclips.net/p/PLHSoxioQtwZd1hLRmIP9WS9AI1PZCnsol
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excellent report Shaun thank you and this guy www.youtube.com/@Suspicious0bservers
Did you know that the military is taking out tunnels, roads, around 3 and mega trains tracks at 6 and sub bases at around 9. At all come off the ports .
The people of Grindavik have my sincere sympathy. My town was never evacuated in most of the 50 years I have lived here, until spring 2022 for severe flooding and twice this past summer for wildfire. Whatever the reason it is hard to leave your home, property and livelyhood to the caprices of nature and circumstance. My prayers for the people of Grindavik.
Astute comment! The use of the words "caprices of nature" might be updated though. This page about geology showed that human societies borrow their time and places from nature, which on Earth is responsible in building the land we choose to live on. This video explained to us that the green valleys where carved by the pasage of lava in the past, explaining why these enriched regions were preferred by humans. There is nothing capricious about that, and thanks to geology, people have a new tool to make what in the past would have been seen as an unexplainable catastrophies intelligible and comprehensible. We must adapt to our environement and science really can help us in this. Iceland and Icelanders are beautiful example of that!
@@rogercoziol2768Yes, I'm with you on that.
Hey, Im from Iceland, and I live in Grindavík, we all have evacuated
Prayers for all, GrayGecko. Here in Alabama we have tornadoes and slight tremors which have been destructive. May God bless you and keep you safe.
I'm from Iceland and I feel the earthquakes! This video was amazing!
He's great! Please stay safe there.
Stay safe!!!
just be grateful you dont live in hellstinky
Stay safe!!!!
ETN sent alert that there was an earthquake less then an hour ago 😮 🙏🙏 to the people
Whole town including its horses and probably sheep have been evacuated in like 2 hours time. Icelandic people are very helpful offering places to stay like summer houses and for those who have no place to stay there is a 'shelter' at the airport.
May the horses and sheep find shelter in the airport?
So glad they're caring for the animals too.
Amazing that Icelandic authorities are being so proactive by ordering an evacuation as a risk mitigation measure. Grindavik only has two roads out of town and one goes by the projected eruption site. Of course, in a worse case scenario, they could evacuate by sea. Hopefully any eruption will not put people or property at risk
Property may be very well protected by 3 feet of lava, but I know what you mean. I am thinking the same right down to all their pets too. I live in northern Canada, it was a rough year. Even my pets got smokers coughs and red eyes.
They should have thought of that before they built their homes and businesses right next to a giant murder mountain. Dumb, these people are dumb.
Doesn't amaze me. It's a volcanic event. Where and how are only approximations. There is a thermal energy plant next to it. There is water. There is potential for terrible steam explosions. Evacuation is the proper course.
There are 3 roads out of Grindavík: 43 going north, 425, going west, and 427 going east. They have closed 43 which is the one passing the projected eruption site (it goes between Blue Lagoon and Sandhnjúkagígar) but 425 and 427 are open and authorities are asking people to use these.
Lucky they don't have city fathers like Maui 😮
They all went to stay with cousins and are taking this opportunity to throw large block parties. Iceland never misses an opportunity to smile.
Must be very hard times for the people in that town. I was thinking that if I was there and told to leave, what would I take that was important. My guess would be to just take the things you need to survive. Best wishes for the people of Grindavik.
You take yourself, things can be replaced life cannot.
Always have a GO bag ready
Maybe some go fund help?
And the pets.
Passports etc. pets too
Thank you so much for continuing to keep us updated Shawn. So relieved that the town is being evacuated.
Magma= earth sperm
Finally....someone who has sounded the alarm and got people out of harms way. Well done!
If it was the US people would be screaming that it's their decision to make and then gripe about government response if they survived.
@@MiracleFound you aint wrong. Yet look at all of these earth quakes in the last few years. This is the only 1 that I have seen people removed from the danger on. A volcano on top of it. Better safe than sorry. Sound the alarm.
Speaking of the e US, look at how many people have to be rescued during tornadoes and hurricanes. Thats with a warning. Pets left out in it and all.
Dutchsince told people but he was shut down. He was very accurate and had no formal schooling and caught all the bs.
According to Gylfi of Just Icelandic, a coast guard ship has been sent to the harbor. His RUclips channel has some detailed views of the crater area, as well as at least 2 shows on Grindivik.
Oh good. I was a little afraid that the harbor might be iced over this time of year.
So glad that they ordered the evacuation, given your confidence level of an eruption most likely happening close by or close enough to the village. About how far would they have to go to be relatively safe?
City. You live in a village. This is a city.
As long as they are a few miles East or west of town they should be ok.
@Tugela60 I don't know the definition of city in Iceland, but this must be the smallest I've heard of.
@@forton615 we only have one city, Reykjavík. Idk what the other commenter was on about hahah
@@forton615 There are only 300k people living there. That settlement is a city in their terms.
You're doing yoeman's work with these updates: clear, comprehensive and qualifying the uncertainty of the situation as well as compassion for the locals, thanks Shawn!
Make All Your Choices Wisely.
That Mid-Atlantic ridge is a big crack and unstable i hope this not going to be historically big 😮.
PRAYERS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THERE.
Thank you for covering this. Praying for the people affected.
Hi, GOD has a plan: These are warning signs that Judgement is coming but there is hope for all born again Christians! Thank our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come form the bottom of your heart and don't forget that JESUS is GOD, see John 1! We are living in the END TIMES, JESUS is coming soon for the rapture! Listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology, check out rapture ready News for daily updates on how close we are.
Been watching the cams at Thorbjorn and Fagradalsfjall in real time. Icelandic Met Office is talking days as opposed to hours before lava breaks the surface.
Depends on how up to date their news is. When the fires erupted this spring the gov could be a little slow to react.
Been to Iceland several times for work and the Blue Lagoon often. I hiked up that hill north of Grindavik. Hoping all my friends in Iceland are safe !!
Thanks for the update, Dr. Willsey. This is evolving rapidly and in an alarming direction.
Yes Jesus talked about the end times in Matthew 24:7
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
I was stationed in Keflavik back in the late 90's and that "green" area between Keflavik and Grindavik is actually a thick layer of moss that has covered all that volcanic rock. When you're hiking from the base to the Blue Lagoon it was rather comforting considering walking across lava flows in Central Oregon is extremely opposite.
Yep, picked many blue berries in those moss while I was in elementary school in the 80's. Yep a lot of moss and lava rock.
That moss almost feels like a foam mattress. I remember thinking I could take a nap on it, haha.
Save the horses . Please save the horses .
Save the horses, the dogs, the cats, the sheep, the cows, the …! Our Father, God, we ask for your divine protection of ALL your creatures, great and small; wise and wonderful. Grant us wisdom and courage for the facing of these days, in the name of your son Jesus Christ we pray.
I am from Grindavik, grew up there. Although now live in Kopavogur. But my family live there. The evacuation last night went really well and people are helping one another and coming together to assist in any way possible. No one knows when it will be safe to go home, but most already are aware that things are changing, not knowing if it will erupt, or where is frightening.
Such a dynamic situation developing there, thank you for putting the data together for us.
excellent explanation. i was stationed at Keflavik NAS back early 90s and my second son was born there, and he is now in Reykjavik University for his PhD. he told me this is BIG news in Iceland, they aren't messing around with it. the whole island is pitching in to help the residents being evacuated.
Just landed a few hours ago and staying in Keflavik. Just laying in bed I’ve felt a few gentle tremors in the last few hours. Was supposed to head down to Grindavik tomorrow
I hope you have changed your mind. Best wishes for everyone's safety !!!
Heading into an evacuation doesn't sound sane 😮
Power station related?
As a kid from Cali (too many quakes to count!), we came to Boise some 62 years ago.
As you know, Idaho has it's share of seismic activity.
Reminding us that there are forces well beyond what we can control, expect or deal with. Reminds me of the 70s TV commercial that quipped, 'It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!'...she has plans for us, we shouldn't be so surprised!
Appreciation for your updates. And concern for the communities affected....thank you.
My heart goes out to the people of Grindavik. These Icelandic eruptions are amazing and beautiful but the story changes when an entire town is in danger of being destroyed. I will be watching closely. Thank you so much for your videos.
Replying at: 00:20 EST: The warning was upgraded to emergency evac.
All residents of Grindavík are obliged to evacuate their houses and leave the town. People are asked to put a note in the window to show that the house is empty. Drive carefully from home, it's dark and there are many people on the road.
On the geothermal plant: I followed what happened in Hawaii in 2018: the pipes that go down deep don't carry water, they carry some highly explosive liquid which can get much hotten than 100° without boiling, and when it arrives at surface is then used to boil water which drives the turbines. However, if left untended it can start to boil/explode and cause huge amout of damage. In the case of PGV, they had procedures to empty the pipes that goes down deep and move that liquid offsite so lava wouldn't get to it. As I recall, they lost a couple of wells to lava (covered by it) but rest remained intanct and were able to resume production some time after eruption had ended and roads to site built.
Thank you for this update. Hoping for the best for everyone in Iceland.
According to the folks at "Live from Iceland" who own that camera you recommended, the reason it's pointed at Grindavik now is because the local civil defense is "borrowing" it to watch the town. Live From Iceland's cameras: ruclips.net/video/804nPrAUAxg/видео.html
Thank you, this was interesting and informative. Good thoughts for Grendavik and the people who live there, hope they are safe and nothing in the town is too badly damaged. Crossing my fingers!
Honey; crossing your fingers want help, but prayer goes a long way to help.
My 89 year old father loves this type of info. Sent him your channel info! Thanks for your work.
That's so nice of you! Please tell him that these are warning signs that Judgement is coming but there is hope for all born again Christians! Thank our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come form the bottom of your heart and don't forget that JESUS is GOD, see John 1! We are living in the END TIMES, JESUS is coming soon for the rapture! Listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology, check out rapture ready News for daily updates on how close we are.
When they have to evacuate it's appx. 30 miles to Reykjavik ... if the road there is still drive able ! So many places in the world to pray for this weekend ! May the LORD have mercy on us all.
No need to worry, even if the roads would all become unusable 90% of towns in Iceland are coastal so evacuation by sea would always be possible, one of our coastguard ships, Þór, is just outside of Grindavík now, all other ships in icelandic waters are willing and able to help if needed ❤
I am impressed with the Icelandic government.
If this were to be happening in England today our government would blame Jeremy Corbin and do nothing at all about the problem.
They'd write sternly-worded letters of condemnation to the editor of The Spectator.
Thanks for the updates Shawn. Watching from Texas.
I'm watching from Southern California 😮😮
I'm in WA state and we are experiencing a lot of earthquakes around Mt. St. Helens as well. 1-2 weeks ago, we had a couple of low amplitude quakes off the Puget Sound on land. All these areas that are experiencing volcanic quakes or tectonic quakes is concerning. Hope all people evacuate safely and nothing happens to their little town.
Prayers for all of the people and i hope they all evacuate safely.
Great job reporting this alarming event Shawn. Prayers from California for safety of every person and animal in this uplifted area.
This activity is a heads up for sure. 😇❤️☮️🌎🙏 John 3:16 new testament
Matthew 27:32 classic bait and switch move by God.
Coast Guard is in attendance. Traffic is being moved out carefully. Some residents started leaving yesterday. The evacuation should go smoothly unless..... earthquake damage to roads.
BIG FAN SHAWN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR your updates.😊😊😊❤
No problem 😊
Thank you Shawn for the updates. While volcano activity is magnificent, concern for the residents is frightening
Whoa, those are shallow indeed 😮 Excellent evacuation tactics. Put up a note you evacuated! I was in San Francisco in 1989, on the waterfront. Shake rattle and roll! Scary.
Affirmative.
Positive thoughts to the people of Grindavik and the people of the Reykjanes peninsula. I was just there last July to enjoy the sights of the last volcanic eruption and couldn't beleive how close it was to that town where we stayed at the local camping site.
It's covid or a social experiment. Replacing people with bio rabbits😮😢
Maybe the magma intrusion can keep moving south and erupt off the coast. You didn’t mention anything about its rising from its holding chamber 4-5 km down, which is encouraging. I hope it keeps moving east or south until the people and infrastructure are safe.
@@annatraustadottir4387 : thank you for this information and good wishes for minimum damage and zero injuries.
It would be truly sad to lose the Blue Lagoon. It is one of the coolest places I have ever experienced. If given the chance, I highly recommend it. Iceland is such a magical place.
As a person with some geologic sense, the fact that there are the fairly sizable shifts in the locus for the earthquakes would lead me to believe there is a major magma body at work here. I'm not sure the previous three eruptions affected this much area. If I can believe the Skjalfti website, there are appreciable earthquakes all over southwestern Iceland. And these shifts are quite fast even for viscous basaltic magma.
I read on the Iceland Geology site today that there could possibly be more than one magmatic system in play here. Is that possible?
I know nothing of magma flow, however, the range and color chosen to indicate activity conveys that idea a bit too well. It is easy for my mind's eye to visualize this.
Does the surface ground get noticeably warmer? Or steam at all, as the magma moves?
@@kslolohoku2665 Since the sill (horizontal area where the magma is) is at around 5km deep it wont warm the surface unless that magma is very close to the surface and starts interacting with ground water.
@@kslolohoku2665 Yes, but only when magma gets very close to the surface.
@@jaym8257 thank you. That makes sense.
We are two days more-less from a New Moon. Forces aligned.
Moon in scorpio, opposite uranus.
And a solar flare incoming tomorrow
@@llovebleach6530 Now that's a reason to be in Iceland. 🌌
Wow. Thank you.
On another well-known channel, a post on Facebook was shown that indicated that the Blue Lagoon access road was closed due to a giant crack that formed during the ongoing seismic unrest. Gylfi said it was the main road from Grindavik to Kef. Regardless, damage is inevitable under the circumstances. I’m a lifelong geology nerd, and it’s incredible how the magma concentration is shifting locations so rapidly. I’ve never seen anything like it.
I wondered if the Lagoon would rise in temperature?
On a channel called Hlidarmenn, I saw that road 43, I think, has been closed due to damage even though there have been some repairs. It looked like there was a way around the damage but that wasn't clear.
Thanks again Shawn! I heard that they also evacuated personnel from the power plant.
Very helpful, and thank you for mentioning trenches (if they are diggble in the soil). The problem with berms is that they are new and loose, whereas the walls of a trench are composed of soil that has been in place for millenia
I was watching another local geologist today who said the town has over 3,000 residents.
Great work Shawn, I appreciate all your videos, especially for places I thought I knew a lot about but you fill in the blanks very well. Thank you!
Lots of volcanoes erupting lately!
Very informative. Thank you. But as someone who's studied a bit of Icelandic, could I ask you to fix your pronunciation of the town's name in any future posts? Instead of GREEN da vick, it's GRIN da veek. Thanks again.
Thanks Willsey for keeping us updated!
I learnt more about my country by watching your video then I have ever learnt. I will be following you in the future. Thanks.
Here is a whole set of videos on Iceland geology: ruclips.net/p/PLOf4plee9UzAVyyMEtRTNg2eytaZfkpQO
A follow-up and a question:
- All people have been evacuated from Grindavík. They were told to leave all their belongings behind except for what was strictly needed. They sent a bunch of buses to get people out in case they didn't have a car or otherwise was unable to get away on their own.
- I've seen several quakes in the ocean there, one just south of Grindavík with a depth of only 400m(!). Is it likely this could fart off in the ocean instead of going off at land? Or would the pressure be too great or temperature too low? I'm not a geologist (jarðfræðingur, "earth specialist", all those nice Icelandic words), so just asking.
The lava could erupt along the coast but much better chance of it erupting on land, likely near the Sundhnukur craters.
Campi Fellgri is right now flat out alarming.
I remember being a kid, 9 years old, living in Jerome, ID when Mt. St. Helens blew. I was so excited, and I kept look to the Northwest and wanting to see ash coming, of course it didn't. Then I moved to Lewiston in 1995 and eventually met my wife who has told me about the ash that fell.
Then about 6-7 years ago I had the opportunity to actually go to see Mt. St. Helens. There are no pictures or videos that come even close to showing what Mother Nature can produce. If you have not been there, it is well worth the $4.50+ per gallon. To see actual mountain and/or lava erupting has to be an amazing sight sight!! 🌋🌋🌋🌋
I live up here, too. The Ghost forest at Neskowin impressed me. Once i understood how it came to be. Wow.
@@user-ii3vn8tn3q Just Amazing to see the destruction. I couldn't imagine what it was like right after.
Are you watching the CME's? They affect earth quakes n volcano's right? You got the degree
"Are you watching the CME's? They affect earth quakes n volcano's right? " - no.
@@TheDanEdwards yes
I'm glad that so many people are monitoring the situation, and that they're taking it seriously. With luck, it'll turn out to be nothing but a little burp. Regarding the earthquakes, I was home when a 3.4 hit, and we lived in a manufactured home. We were in the living room playing card games with some friends. Heard a big popping/banging noise and literally it came through under one side of the house and passed through to the other like a very noisy and shakey wave. The noise had a very low bass like sound to it. It was definitely a very weird experience. The next quake I was in was also mid to upper 3's and I was driving on the highway. It felt like something suddenly went wrong with the suspension on my suburban.
sometimes "right" clicking on the map and choosing "open in new tab" will bring the map to full size. hope this helps and thank you sharing this information.
Roads slick & icy rn. Lot of farms on that old flow, with sheep & horses up in the pastures; no way to bring them in & move.
And it could extrude off the coast, after all - that happened last year.
That information is saddening. Any loss of life is.
I’m fascinated with how you delineate when one quake ends, and another begins. I guess this boils down to specific location of each one.
Does anyone know if there are any Ham Radio operators on the air….. i.e. a running source of updated info?
Ah life on a live volcano wouldn't it better to just live in yurts or tents mobile homes than to build cities on top of old lava flows wow so you could pack up your whole house and get out of dodge reminds me of the same thing Hawaii goes through from time to time
It's a bit late for that...
CTRL+ will help make the artifacts on a web page larger.
On the interactive EQ Map, try dialing down the depth to under 4, or under 2 clicks to help clean up the map better.
Nice update, thanks.
Thank-you. This is super interesting and, as a lover of rocks, fascinating as well.
I am worried for the people there. And am glad they are evacuating now. I hope that somehow the eruption spares the town and power plant. Thinking of all those impacted, sending compassion from the Pacific NW USA
My Prayers for the SAFETY of the People of GRINDAVIK and the Surrounding Areas.
Amazing watching this play out with your technology. My prayers go with you and the folk affected that you all are kept safe & protected in every way.
It may be all those recorded tremors are magma generating events. If thats half right it still means a massive eruption could likely happen.
It may not be known yet, but with the earthquake surge NNE of Grindavik then moving down into Grindavik itself it would be a valuable statistic to know if there is any uplift at those locations. We had heard of 8-10 cm in the area southwest of the Blue lagoon. If earthquakes had moved to the new locations was uplift observed?
And what about this claim that was on your website that a tunnel was created to the surface that the magma could move up?!
I find it quite fascinating and concerning how fast this threat of an eruption is moving.
My late grandmother immigrated to Canada 🇨🇦 from Iceland. My hopes and prayers to everyone affected ....
If this follows the pattern of the Fagradalsfjall eruptions, then there won't be an eruption until the earthquakes die down. This is basically an ocean ridge on land, so the seismic activity is overall extensional. Once the rocky overburden has fractured and failed, then the magma has a set of conduits to the surface.
The magnitude and frequency of these earthquakes, however, is much greater than what they had with any of the Fagradalsfjall-proximal eruptive events. Probably it means that this is a much bigger event that is coming, more in line with the scale of some of the events from back around 1200 AD or so. Whether this will lead to a somewhat different relational pattern between seismicity and magmatism is unclear. However, the overall tectonic framework of the system is the same.
I think if it continues migrating south the risk of a explosive eruption is pretty high because the magma might mix with the seawater under the surface and cause a phreatic eruption. Hopefully it goes east instead away from the water.
It will be messy if it heads towards town. I really hope not and also hope it's a nice one like fagradasfjall. But our biggest concern is katla a super Volcano not imminent, but due to erupt under a glacier
Also. The quakes did call down last night. Lots of 5.2 quakes yesterday evening felt all the way up in Reykjavík. I drove down to garður last night and didn't feel any. I'd bet money it comes up this weekend
That was interesting watching the mayor experience the quake. It seemed more like an up-and-down movement instead of a side-to-side movement like in a preexisting slip fault. Is that more characteristic of magma movement?
Thanks, wonderful report. You really made it clear what is going on and where. Great use of graphics ❤❤
Very interesting Shawn, thanks! Is there a tsunami risk for the wider NE Atlantic region would you say, and would official warnings be issued if so?
I was worried about Grindevik when Fragadasfjall erupted. This looks more worrisome. I hope you are right that the magma moves further southwest.
Always appreciate your insight Sir.
Would/could you please also show windflow? I'm interested in all the factors that affect the population, air traffic and fallout effects. Thank you.
Why does the movie “Volcano” come to mind? 😰
The one with Tommy Lee Jones and the Volcano erupting under LA?
I read most volcanologists rolled their eyes, but all agreed lava and a subway system would be a night mare situation!
Thank you so much - so informative and much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
Here in firestorm-ridden California, my County has given us laminated, printed, hanging placards to place outside our homes if we have to evacuate in case of fire. This was part of a new wildfire prevention and response program, we also had exterior home and land inspections. In one terrible fast-moving fire, first responders risked their lives going door to door in the middle of the night, telling people to run for their lives. Those who didn’t died, it was terrible.
interesting presentation, may be worth going back a few days the quakes have been cycling round reykjanes, eldvorp, svartsengi, the nupar vents, grindavik and back to reykjanes and so on. Also this time round the intensity and spread have been higher than the last cycle, typically we'll see a lull for a few hours and then the cycle restarts....I'm not a geologist but it looks to me as though the tesion builds from the southeast, spreads to northwest then releases a bit then moves south and east a bit and so on. During the last three years we've seen this cycle several times in this area then the lmagma moves west and then erupts under fargradfjall, though those eruptions have been moving northwest, and the interval between eruptions has been reducing.
Prayers for the best
Can this affect the flights?
Probably not. Too early to say
I've experienced major earthquakes in the SF Bay Area and now, in SW Mexico. Icelanders have all my sympathy. May they be able to return to their community, safely.
Supposed to be going to Iceland in 2 days - Monday - Your update videos have been so helpful and educational - really appreciate your taking the time to do these videos and the updates on the volcano - hoping the eruption holds off until after we arrive or doesn't happen at all. So happy they were able to evacuate everyone just in case.
is there a possibility of Grindavik landsliding into the sea due to destabilization by the inflating and migrating magma chamber?
Geology doesn't work that way. The eruption could happen in Grindavik, north or south of the town or not at all. Grindavik isn't going anywhere though it could be devastated by volcanoes erupting in the town.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 i am referencing the approximate 6x6km circle of 7cm uplift as per 6 Nov is not overlapping the coastline as per (en.vedur.is/media/uncategorized/medium/bylgjuvixlm-8-nov-uppfaerd.png), but since then, the magma has moved, what pressures can the sub sea angle of repose survive?
Good to know that the authorities in Iceland appear to be acting proactively. I also feel that every Icelander will do everything possible to help all affected.
Possible outcomes of this ongoing situation are also discussed. Stay strong, Grindavik .
Thank you! I appreciate all you’re doing!
First time I heard about you. Thanks for your information ❤ wow
I'm glad I found this, I had no idea this was going on in Iceland.
Thank for sharing.
This is incredible. With the event of technology we are all globally connected . Can see & know what's going on. One big happy village?
Samúð frá Nýja Sjálandi
I remember when Mt St Helens had recurring earthquakes, getting closer together until the mountain blew north toward Seattle in 1980. The folks in the Vancouver Portland area considered themselves fortunate, even though they received a fair amount of ash.
I remember standing in my driveway in Portland watching the plume of erupting ash.
Hope everyone gets out ok.