Víðir Reynisson, chief police officer at the National Commissioner of Police’s Civil Protection Department, has told the public to avoid the Reykjanes peninsula where seismic activity is greatest.
Víðir stated this at a meeting with Kristín Jónsdóttir, group leader of nature conservation monitoring at the Icelandic Meteorological Office and Freystein Sigmundsson, geophysicist and president of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland.
Volcanic eruption on the way.
The commander said it was not yet known when or where the eruption would take place. If an eruption occurs, people who get lost in the area may find themselves in unexpected situations from which they may not be able to escape.
The road to Keilir and other areas in the area was closed yesterday after a disturbance pulse was measured at 14:20 at Litla Hrút by Keilir.
The activity is still persistent but it only subsided last night.
“There were five such large earthquakes last night so the course of events continues.”
In conversation with IndicatorVíðir said, “We simply noticed then. There were five such large earthquakes last night so the course of events continues. We are still in a similar situation as yesterday morning before this unrest came. “
Víðir continued to say that people were coming to the closed road by Keilir and wanted to go closer to where the seismic activity is strongest, but the police were there to stop people.
“As soon as we see how this develops and if it starts to erupt, we will issue guidelines on where it will be convenient to get to if people want it. But even though there is so much uncertainty in this, we just ask people to stay away, “says the chief of police.
Willow added that we simply have to wait and see how this situation develops.