It was around 9pm this evening that a series of earthquakes struck the Reykjanes peninsula in the south-west of Iceland. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption is “most likely” limited to an area between Sylingarfell and Hagafell, just north of evacuated Grindavik. The strongest earthquake in the swarm must have had a magnitude of 4.2. This is written by Icelandic RÚV. The outbreak comes barely a month after the Icelandic authorities lowered the alert level, allowing citizens to return home for longer periods each day. The eruption also comes just one day after the Blue Lagoon reopened after being closed since November 9.
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