Discover the city in Iceland that may explode at any time due to a volcano | amazing

in Icelandnumber of population Grindavik In a state of panic because of a volcano about to erupt after sleeping for 800 years. The fishing city has a population of 3,000 people and is located in the southwest of the country.

In the center of the city, it is possible to see a large hole that has opened up on the main road. Through it, smoke emerges from the hot water. At any moment the city could explodeBut the authorities have guaranteed that they will be able to predict at least 30 minutes in advance.

Another hole cut the flowerbed in half and it was not even possible to see the bottom. The fissure runs through the entire city. It hit a yard and went through the entire house.

Scientific explanation for this phenomenon

In Iceland, you can see why there are so many volcanoes in the area. The rift shows the division between the European continental tectonic plate and the North American continental plate. And they keep walking away.

The Icelandic Meteorological Center has discovered that there is a pulsating vein of lava toward the surface extending across the entire Reykjanes Peninsula, where Grindavik is located. This movement is what makes the earth shake and rise. In other words, this time, the lava should not spray from the volcano cone, but in the form of a large fissure.

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