The Icelandic Meteorological Office has updated the risk assessment due to the seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The risk due to lava flow has been considered to have increased, while the risk due to volcanic ash is considered to have decreased.
The active crater at Sundhnúkagígar crater row could grow even larger if the magma production increases, which is likely, according to a volcanologist. Inflation in Svartsengi seems to be slowing down, which could mean that there is “something is about to happen.”