Iceland braces for volcanic eruption as prime minister reassures residents
The Guardian
Iceland’s prime minister has sought to reassure the nation as it braces for a volcanic eruption and the Reykjanes peninsula continues to be hit by hundreds of earthquakes.
Between midnight and early afternoon on Monday, the Icelandic meteorological office detected about 900 earthquakes as seismic activity between Sundhnúkur and Grindavík in south-west Iceland continued near the capital, Reykjavik. In recent days, a magma tunnel has formed under the peninsula, stretching out into the sea.
It comes after thousands of earthquakes have been recorded in recent days, amid warnings of the significant likelihood of the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupting within days.