A holding patternIf and when a volcanic eruption may happen is unclear and hard to predict.
A nine-mile-long underground river of magma is moving under Grindavik, the evacuated town, and out to the ocean.
This week, officials said that the intensity of the seismic activity had decreased a bit, but they have continued to warn of a possible eruption.
As of Friday, the website of the Icelandic Met Office, the country’s weather service, continued to warn that there was a “significant likelihood of a volcanic eruption in the coming days,” as it has done for multiple days.
Last Saturday, officials evacuated the more than 3,000 residents of Grindavik, a small fishing town about 30 miles south of Reykjavik.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Icelandic Met Office
Locations:
Grindavik, Reykjavik