Iceland Volcano Update; Gas is Rising from the Ground, Cracks Tear Through a Town

After large cracks tore through a town in Iceland, gas was subsequently spotted rising from the ground. While the number of recent earthquakes has seemingly decreased in the short term, there is still a fairly high chance that a volcanic eruption will occur. This video will analyze the last 36 hours at the Reykjanes volcano and theorize what exactly is occurring at depth from the perspective of a geologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work “IcelandCrackImg1“, is a derivative of a photo (resized, cropped, text overlay, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo)) from “Where the world cracks open, near Grjótagjá cave, Iceland“, by: Anna & Michal, michalo, 2017, Posted on Flickr, Flickr account link: , Photo link: , CC BY 2.0. “IcelandCrackImg1“ is used & licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Note: This video’s thumbnail image does not display a recently formed crack produced by the Reykjanes volcano and does not picture a crack within the town of Grindavik. Source article for the purported magma which might (or might not) already be at only a few dozens of meters depth underneath the town of Grindavik on November 13th 2023: Iceland road closures: Volcano alert levels: If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at tccatron@ and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video’s thumbnail image: Public Domain: CC BY 2.0: CC BY 4.0: Sources/Citations: [1] / Iceland Met Office [2] Halldórsson, S.A., Marshall, E.W., Caracciolo, A. et al. Rapid shifting of a deep magmatic source at Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland. Nature 609, 529–534 (2022). , CC BY 4.0. 0:00 Very Shallow Magma? 0:23 Cracks in the Ground 0:54 White Gas 1:57 Hypotheses 2:57 Analysis