Reykjanes Peninsula (Iceland): intense seismic activity, uplift reaches 2.5 cm
Fri, 20 May 2022, 03:11 | BY: MARTIN
Significant ground uplift around Svartsengi during 7-19 May (image: IMO)
New interferometric (InSAR) data from Sentinel-1 confirmed that the ground uplift around Svartsengi area has amounted approx. 2-2.5 cm during 7-19 May.
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