{"id":28134,"date":"2018-07-09T06:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=28134"},"modified":"2018-07-09T06:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:07:29","slug":"fagraskogarfjall-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2018\/07\/09\/fagraskogarfjall-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Fagrask\u00f3garfjall: a very large landslide in Iceland on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Fagrask\u00f3garfjall: a very large landslide in Iceland on Saturday<\/h4>\n<p>Early on Saturday morning a large landslide detached from the Fagrask\u00f3garfjall massif in western Iceland, near to Hitardal.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/skridan-sest-a-gervitunglamyndum-esa\">RUV has a report about this landslide<\/a>, which it is claimed may be the largest event recorded in Iceland to date (though I doubt that it is larger than the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2014\/07\/24\/askja-1\/\">Askja landslide in 2014<\/a> in reality).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/skridan-sest-a-gervitunglamyndum-esa\">RUV has the following image of the landslide<\/a>, which gives a good impression of the scale:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28138\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/07\/18_07-Iceland-1-e1531114381384.jpg\" alt=\"Fagrask\u00f3garfjall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The landslide at Fagrask\u00f3garfjall in Iceland. Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/skridan-sest-a-gervitunglamyndum-esa\">Vilhj\u00e1lmur \u00de\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson &#8211; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/dronamyndir-ur-hitardal\">R\u00daV<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/icelandreview.com\/news\/2018\/07\/08\/largest-landslide-icelandic-history\">Iceland Review has a good image of the landslide<\/a> from another perspective too:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28142\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28142\" class=\"wp-image-28142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/07\/18_07-Iceland-2-e1531114871202.jpg\" alt=\"Fagrask\u00f3garfjall\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The large landslide at Fagrask\u00f3garfjall in Iceland. <a href=\"http:\/\/icelandreview.com\/news\/2018\/07\/08\/largest-landslide-icelandic-history\">Image via Iceland Review<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/g\/2018180709131\">There is a good drone video on Visir<\/a>.\u00a0 The landslide debris reportedly covers an area of about 1.8 km\u00b2 and a runout distance across the plain of about 1.5 km.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/hamfarir-i-hitardal-varla-ad-eg-trui-thessu\">There is a news report<\/a>, also with some good quality drone and helicopter imagery of the landslide, on RUV.\u00a0 It is in Icelandic, but <a 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Translate<\/a> does a reasonable job.\u00a0 This is clearly an area that is blessed with a large number of insects.\u00a0 The landslide has blocked the river, and a lake is developing, though it appears that the water will probably find an alternative channel fairly quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst northern Europe is having an exceptional summer (the weather in the UK is the driest in 40 years for example), Iceland is suffering from very poor conditions.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/icelandreview.com\/news\/2018\/05\/29\/reykjaviks-rain-record-broken\">May was the wettest on record in Reykjavik<\/a>, and June was no better, <a href=\"http:\/\/icelandreview.com\/news\/2018\/07\/03\/reykjavik-has-least-sunny-june-thirty-years\">suffering the lowest number of hours of sunshine in June in recorded history<\/a>.\u00a0 Thus, it seems likely that the landslide was a consequence of the high levels of recent rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>This landslide will have generated a strong seismic signal, but reports suggest 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