Several Icelanders have lost their homes and no one really knows when the residents will be able to return to Grindavik. Volcanic eruptions can be active for long periods.
Now it has begun to be speculated as to whether we have ended up in a new prolonged eruption period on Reykjanes, the peninsula where the fishing resort of Grindavik is located.
– You have between 600 and 900 years of silence without volcanic activity. The last period of volcanism on Reykjanes ended in 1240, says Björn Lund.
What is expected to happen in Grindavik in the coming weeks, decades and in the coming century? Seismologist Björn Lund explains in the clip above.