{"id":26746,"date":"2023-11-11T04:08:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T04:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26746"},"modified":"2023-11-11T04:08:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T04:08:55","slug":"iceland-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-powerful-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/iceland-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-powerful-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland declares state of emergency due to powerful earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes prompted fears over possible volcanic erruptions.<\/p>\n

The country’s southwestern Reykjanes penninsula was hit by the quakes. It has meant the chances of an erruption in the region has been increased.<\/p>\n

The country’s Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said: “The National police chief \u2026 declares a state of emergency for civil defence due to the intense earthquake (activity) at Sundhnjukagigar, north of Grindavik.<\/span>
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Earthquakes can become larger than those that have occurred and this series of events could lead to an eruption.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) said there was a chance an erruption could take place in “several days”. Home to around 3,000 people, the village of Grindavik is located 1.86 miles (3km) south-west of the area where Friday\u2019s earthquake swarm was registered.<\/p>\n

It reportedly has an evacuation plan in place in case of an erruption. At about 5.30pm, two strong earthquakes were felt as far as the capital, Reykjavik, around 40km away.<\/p>\n

It was felt along much of Iceland’s southern coast, causing windows and household objects to shake. The biggest tremor, north of Grindavik, had a magnitude of 5.2, according to preliminary IMO figures.<\/p>\n

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