A popular tourism region in this European nation has been hit with hundreds of earthquakes and is bracing for a possible volcanic eruption.
Iceland is bracing for a possible volcanic eruption in the Reykjanes peninsula, home of the famous geothermal spa Blue Lagoon – one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions. The southwestern town of Grindavik – home to about 4000 people – was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after magma shifting under the Earth’s crust caused hundreds of earthquakes in what experts warned could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption .
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