The eruption itself continues with steady, very large lava output and is on its way to become the largest event in the past 150 years on Iceland. So far, it has erupted approx. 0.5 cubic kilometers of lava, covered 40 square kilometers at an average depth of 12 meters.
During the past 150 years, only the Hekla volcano eruption in 1947 (which however lasted 13 months) has produced more lava. If the current activity goes on for another 2 weeks at the same rate, it will beat this record.
Gas releases are record-breaking figures: approx 10-20,000 tons of gasses (mainly SO2) are released each day.
Qua lava uitstoot is deze vulkaan erg goed bezig, en wanneer deze nog een maand/ twee maanden volhoudt zal het effect wellicht te merken zijn op het klimaat van het NH. Hoe langer, hoe significanter het effect!
Edit: Sinds begin oktober 35.000 ton gas SO²
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