800 Quakes Hit Iceland In 14 Hours, World Famous Blue Lagoon Shuts Down
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According to preliminary figures, the biggest tremor had a magnitude of 5.2, north of Grindavik.
Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption.
"The National police chief ... declares a state of emergency for civil defence due to the intense earthquake (activity) at Sundhnjukagigar, north of Grindavik," the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said in a statement.
"Earthquakes can become larger than those that have occurred and this series of events could lead to an eruption," the administration warned.
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