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My hometown of Grindavík just got evacuated. I was there throughout the day through the earthquakes. I was under the impression that we were safe, but about 2 h
by runarberg 3y ago
My hometown of Grindavík just got evacuated. I was there throughout the day through the earthquakes. I was under the impression that we were safe, but about 2 hours ago we got the evacuation order, and we subsequently fled to a safe harbor.
We are now safe with family in the city. It’s been a long day for sure.
- idlewords 3y agoGood luck out there!
- runarberg 3y agoReposting this here if it is of interest of anyone trying to get the feel of how it was to experience this: The larger earthquakes (the once above 4 M) started around 16:00. There was near constant—if not plain constant—shaking from then on until the evacuation order around 23:00, as in there was always at least a minor earthquake shaking the ground every 20-30 seconds. When the activity was at the peak (around 18:00) there were larger earthquakes (close to or above 5 M) every 10-20 minutes, those were above the constant shaking from the smaller once. Note that these quakes are really shallow (5-2 km deep) and close (some had their epicenter a couple of blocks away from me, but the furthest away were still less then 3 km away). So the shakes were really sharp and sudden.