Happy Holidays and Giving Tuesday/ Support People of Iceland Earthquake and Volcano Fears

Iceland has 33 active volcanic systems, the highest number in Europe, and thousands of tremors have been recorded since the end of October. Some 24,000 tremors have been recorded on the peninsula since the end of October, according to the IMO, with a "dense swarm" of almost 800 earthquakes recorded. Authorities in Iceland have declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes rocked the Reykjanes peninsula in the south-west of the country, raising fears of a volcanic eruption in the region. Evacuation plans have been put in place for the town of Grindavik, with a population of around 4,000, located three kilometres south-west of the area where the seismic swarm was recorded on Friday. Early on Friday evening two earthquakes, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 5.2 according to the IMO's initial assessments, were felt as far away as the capital Reykjavik, some forty kilometres away, and along a large part of the country's southern coast. Some 24,000 tremors have been recorded on the peninsula since the end of October, according to the IMO, with a "dense swarm" of almost 800 earthquakes recorded.

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