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The magma chamber threatening the grindavik area has erupted again just before 8:00am.

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[–] jay2@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Either a third fissure has opened (there is a mini-cluster of larger magnitude quakes in his area), the second fissure has extended into town, or more homes are catching on fire. It's getting hard to tell which due to the volcanic gasses (White), smoke (Black) and just the darkness of winter.

There was a another mini-cluster of earthquakes further to the south edge of town as well. With it's proximity to the sea it will cause a severe amount of damage.

I feel this is a historic event. I'm also a refractory designer, which places this squarely in my realm of interest, but it's heartbreaking to have to watch in slow motion. This would be very cool if it were not for the human element present in these conditions.