Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a volcanic eruption.
Authorities have ordered thousands living in the southwestern town of Grindavík to evacuate as a precaution and the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) has said it is concerned large amounts of magma is spreading underground and could surface there.
Thousands of tremors have been recorded around the nearby Fagradalsfjall volcano in recent weeks and they have been concentrated in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, which had remained dormant to volcanic activity for eight hundred years before a 2021 eruption.
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