https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/11/13/a_lot_of_damage_in_grindavik/ * mbl.is Valmynd icelandmonitor.is icelandmonitor.is Close x [ ] * News + Latest + Culture + Politics + Nature + Food + Opinion + Weather + Travel * Weather + Weather Map + Weather Forecast Morgunbladid K100 Finna.is mbl.is mbl.is * Latest * Culture * Politics * Nature * Food * Opinion * Weather * Travel * News + Latest + Culture + Politics + Nature + Food + Opinion + Weather + Travel * Weather + Weather Map + Weather Forecast About [ ] [Search] Icelandic News | Iceland Monitor | Mon 13 Nov 2023 | 16.30 GMT Facebook Twitter Email Reddit A lot of damage in Grindavik Looking at the fissure. Looking at the fissure. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson A lot of damage can be seen around Grindavik after the earthquakes and the formation of a deformation that is moving downwards towards the magma intrusion that is underneath the ground. This depression formation is now estimated to be over 1.2 meters in the northwest end of Grindavik. A fissure passes through a large part of the town and passes through the road to the sports center. A hot water pipe has been broken in the earthquakes and the sports center seems to be sitting on a meter high pedestal. A journalist and a photographer from mbl.is have been travelling around the town today looking at the situation and the damage in town. As can be seen in these two pictures from the sports center, the power of the earthquakes has been substantial. The faulting is up to one meter and it is like the pavement at the front has been severed from the building. The pavement around the sports center has moved considerably and ... The pavement around the sports center has moved considerably and it now looks like the building is on a pedestal. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson The faulting is up to one meter in some places ... The faulting is up to one meter in some places around the sports center. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson A short distance from the sports center, a huge fissure can be seen through the road, and a more than meter-long opening stretches through a part of the town. It has, among other things, at one point broken a hot water pipe and hot air is steaming out of the fissure. Here the hot water pipe has been severed in the ... Here the hot water pipe has been severed in the earthquakes and you can see the hot steam coming up from the pipe which is in the fissure that goes right through the town. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson The grass is soft and yielding widely close to cracks when walking on it, indicating that there is a widespread lack of soil under the grass. Thus, a rescuer found himself stepping with one foot in one place through grass without being harmed. A journalist at mbl.is has therefore been directed to stay on the tarmac because of this weakness in the soil. Today, residents have been allowed into town to retrieve the main necessities and valuable property. They have only a short time to do so. Initially, residents were required to accompany the rescue teams, but as the day went on, it was decided that people could enter in their own cars. However, there are security posts around town where rescue teams are located, pushing people. People had been made aware that they were only expected to be in their home for 5-7 minutes. Damages are visible on many houses, especially cracks in the concrete, but our journalist from mbl.is could not see any building that could be written off as completely ruined. The fissure goes through a big part of Grindavik. The fissure goes through a big part of Grindavik. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson Rescue workers are on alert helping people to get their ... Rescue workers are on alert helping people to get their belongings and making sure they don't stay too long, since 5-7 minutes is the window they are given. mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson [1451866] mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson [1451867] mbl.is/Eggert Johannesson Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Other recent news Haraldur Bjarnason the director of Audkenni that issues electronic IDs, says that the company might be liable in a case like this, but it needs to be investigated. Does not rule out liability for damages Sudden evacuation was called at 3 pm today, an hour earlier than had been planned. Sudden evacuation in Grindavik Sundhnukar crater row lies southwest to Grindavik. Deformation still active and eruption likely The map shows the estimated area of the magma tunnel by Grindavik. Seismic activity stable since midnight Grindavik What is going on in Grindavik today Rescue workers planning the evacuation last night. 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