The risk of a volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is once again growing as magma continues to pool in the area 2.5 miles north of the fishing town of Grindavík, according to the Icelandic Met Office .
Between 318 million and 460 million cubic feet of magma are thought to have accumulated in the same chamber before an eruption on Jan. 14 that sent lava coursing toward Grindavík.The land began rising again following the eruption and continues to inflate as molten rock gathers under the surface, although the rate has slowed in the last few days, according to the IMO statement. This pattern is the same as land movements recorded in the weeks and days preceding the eruption on Jan.
However, temperature and pressure measurements taken from boreholes in Svartsengi could provide a warning that another eruption is on its way.