{"id":26905,"date":"2023-11-16T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/?p=26905"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:41:24","slug":"inside-icelands-volcano-ghost-town-being-ripped-apart-by-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/world-news\/inside-icelands-volcano-ghost-town-being-ripped-apart-by-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Icelands volcano ghost town being ripped apart by earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tectonic activity damages roads in Iceland<\/h3>\n

Volcanic activity fears have flared in the Icelandic town of Grindavik, where roads are now laced with smoking cracks thanks to a succession of earthquakes.<\/p>\n

Magma is swelling roughly 500 metres below Grindavik’s surface, which was, until recently, buzzing with activity from its 3,000 residents.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, November 15 alone, officials detected 800 tiny earthquakes, with recent clusters of activity creating up to 1,000 separate tremors, causing a series of haunting screeches across the area.<\/p>\n

The community – some members of which fear they are “done for” following an eruption – has evacuated with essential belongings, leaving behind a small concentration of emergency workers minding the buildings and watching as the volcanic activity punches more cracks in the ground.<\/p>\n

They are unable to do much more, as experts have warned the town’s destruction looms.<\/p>\n

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Pictures taken on the town’s outskirts show what appears to be white smoke emanating from cracks in the ground, with ridges created by the tremors rising over two feet tall.<\/p>\n

A series of breaks in the asphalt on a main road would have stopped traffic in Grindavik, but the photos show empty streets dotted by individual emergency workers.<\/p>\n

The cracks extend dozens of metres across the town, and, on top of being several feet high, are similarly wide across the ground, exposing deep trenches.<\/p>\n

Icelandic authorities have warned the Reykjanes peninsula – the area in which the town is located – will only see this type of activity increase, and potential visitors have been told to keep an eye on travel warnings.<\/p>\n

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