Earth and Resilience: Reykjanes Peninsula Monitors Rising Volcanic Activity
As the Reykjanes Peninsula witnesses a surge in seismic activity, the Icelandic Meteorological Office maintains a vigilant watch over the increasing g...
Public Access to Eruption Site Closed Due to Toxic Gases and grass fires
In a precautionary move to protect public health and safety, the Chief of Police of the Suðurnes region has decided to close the public access to the ...
3.8 M earthquake detected in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula
According to the Icelandic Met Office, a 3.8 M earthquake was detected close to the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland on Friday 20th May at 18...
Mesmerizing Lava drone videos from Iceland
Drone artist Bjorn Steinbekk has been showing the volcano through the lenses of his drones and one of these videos is a mesmerizing lava flyover. I wa...
Iceland sees string of earthquakes in southwest region
Yesterday, Iceland saw a string of earthquakes, with the maximum of those reaching 5.7 on the Richter Scale. The epicenter of the quakes was recorded ...
An earthquake rocks the town of Keflavik
A sharp earthquake of 4.3 magnitude shook the town of Keflavik this morning. The people of the town felt the earth shift sharply but the earthq...
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake west of Reykjanes peninsula
An earthquake magnitude 4.5 rocked the south west of Iceland this morning at 3.40 am. The origin of the earthquake was 119 kilometres west southwest o...
UNESCO Designates Two Geoparks in Iceland
As of the recent UNESCO General Conference, held in Paris from November 3-18, Iceland can now boast having two regions that are recognized as Global G...