"The city is floating on volcanic magma", thousands of earthquakes in one day, roads are torn apart

The volcano Fagradalsfjall threatens to destroy the town of Grindavik! After the declaration of the state of emergency on Friday, 4 thousand residents of this city have already been evacuated.

The head of Civil Emergencies in Iceland, Vidir Reynisson, has said that the volcano can release lava for weeks in the city, although there is no concrete area where the big explosion can happen. "We are very concerned about what could happen in the city. The magma is now at a very shallow depth and we expect a powerful eruption in two days," said Reynisson.

According to local authorities, the magma has accumulated at a depth of about 5 kilometers below the earth's surface and is moving in a "corridor" about 14 kilometers under the city. In the last 24 hours alone, more than 2,800 seismic tremors have been recorded in the area, all with a magnitude below 3 on the Richter scale.

The head of Civil Emergencies in Iceland came up with the idea of ​​creating an artificial fissure in the ground to carry out the eruption of lava in an area outside the city. "Icelanders, basically, are just waiting for the moment," Icelandic journalist Holmfridur Gisladottir told Sky News after thousands of tremors were recorded.

The eruption, which is now almost certain, has brought back fears of the 2010 eruption in Iceland at Eyjafjallajokull. Then, the volcano created a huge cloud of volcanic ash, which caused the biggest problem in the flight of airplanes since the Second World War. Over 50,000 flights were cancelled, affecting around 8 million passengers.

In the latest images published by Grindavik, the road that has suffered cracks inside the city. All roads leading into the city have been closed, except for the all-important road leading to Iceland's international airports in the north of the peninsula, which remains open. (A2 Televizion)