Photo: AP Photo/Brynjar GunnarssonAll residents of the town of Grindavik, located about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Reykjavik, were evacuated
Residents of Iceland are rapidly preparing for an expected volcanic eruption, after hundreds of small earthquakes rocked the region in the past two weeks.
On Saturday, all residents of the town of Grindavik, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Reykjavik, where the magma is closest to the surface, were evacuated.
Photo: AP Photo/Brynjar GunnarssonThe residents, who have now been relocated to family and friends elsewhere, fled their homes during the earthquake, which cracked roads and damaged the structure of residential buildings.
The Reykjanes Peninsula, on which Grinadvik is located, is a known volcanic and seismic hotspot, but its volcano has been dormant for almost 800 years, before it will erupt in March 2021 from a fissure in the ground between 500 and 750 meters wide.
Footage from the first day of the evacuation shows kilometer-long columns leaving the city, and its residents had only a few minutes to leave their homes.
Photo: AP Photo/Brynjar GunnarssonThe authorities discovered that two residents slept through the evacuation, so the rescue service later came to pick them up.
On Monday, around 20 residents of Grindavik were given an extra five minutes to remove more belongings and bring their pets, accompanied by police and lifeguards, all the while being monitored by a Coast Guard helicopter.
At least 49 cats were saved, as well as chickens and sheep, and it was previously reported that there are still 11 cats, one rabbit and a dozen chickens in Grindavik and that their evacuation is expected during this day.
Photo: AP Photo/Brynjar GunnarssonAlthough the inhabitants of that Icelandic place are out of danger, apocalyptic images of cracks in the asphalt and destroyed buildings have been circulated around the world via social networks, and competent experts estimate that the eruption is only a matter of time, because at this moment a river of magma about 15 km long is flowing under the south-western part of Iceland. and is located at a depth of about 800 meters.
Seismic activity began in late October in an area north of Grindavik where there is a network of 2.000-year-old craters.
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