State Of Emergency Declared In This Country! Here Is Why

By- Shivanshi Srivastava

[{"selector":"#anim-5fe30674-d1a2-4717-900c-4494e00c7747 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-40.33203115400295%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] A state of emergency was proclaimed by Iceland on Friday following a slew of strong earthquakes that shook the Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest of the country.

[{"selector":"#anim-b8815208-18cd-4bd7-82f6-faebd17489c5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.24062488616884%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] According to the Icelandic Met Office (IMO), an eruption might occur "in several days".

[{"selector":"#anim-9d2bac72-1c7e-4aa2-8211-379484278fde [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] About 4,000 people live in the village of Grindavik, which is three kilometres (1.86 miles) southwest of the location where the earthquake occured.

[{"selector":"#anim-230cb666-203c-4336-84ea-9c28ff9cb258 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Two powerful earthquakes occurred around 1730 GMT, rattling windows and household items as far away as Reykjavik, the country's capital, which is located about 40 kilometres away.

[{"selector":"#anim-11d92ccd-ff54-4790-942f-dbd871b95608 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-5.208333205337276%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] The largest tremor, north of Grindav, had a magnitude of 5.2, according to preliminary IMO data.

[{"selector":"#anim-e5bba73d-d24e-4545-80d5-b2282017ac86 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.87499982611856%, 0, 0) translate(2.8301886792452824%, -2.7864583289107583%) scale(0.9433962264150944)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] According to the IMO, there have been about 24,000 recorded tremors on the peninsula since late October, with "a dense swarm" of about 800 quakes recorded on Friday between midnight and 1400 GM

[{"selector":"#anim-373c5b7c-91d6-479c-a86a-952ecb66446c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] The Reykjanes peninsula has seen three eruptions since 2021: in March 2021, August 2022, and July 2023.

[{"selector":"#anim-8e748480-3675-41a6-aaa5-21b81030fd7d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.18710433442771%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Iceland boasts the greatest number of active volcanic systems in Europe with 33.