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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The country\u2014which sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge\u2014is split between two tectonic plates, making it a hotspot for seismic and volcanic activity. While earthquakes are a common occurrence in Iceland, the country\u2019s meteorological office (IMO) reported on Friday that, lately, they have been more active than usual.<\/p>\n

According to the office, the Nordic Island Nation\u2019s Reykjanes Peninsula, located in the southwest, has been experiencing a \u201cseismic swarm\u201d of earthquakes over the last three days, with at least 5,800 recorded since the \u201cswarm\u201d first began.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese earthquakes are a warning sign, a part of a longer-term story that we know we\u2019re entering a buildup phase to the next [volcanic] eruption,\u201d said Matthew Roberts, the head of the IMO\u2019s service and research division.<\/p>\n

Roberts believes the earthquakes are being caused by a long-term accumulation of magma that has been building pressure and is now drifting towards the surface. He adds that the origin of the earthquakes are up to three miles (5 kilometers) below the surface of Earth.<\/p>\n

The office reported that a vast majority of the quakes had been under magnitude 2.0, but that two more recent quakes were measured over a magnitude of 4.0. A tremor recorded on Thursday had a magnitude of 4.5, just north of the fishing town of Grindavi\u0301k where about 2,000 people live.<\/p>\n

The Reykjanes peninsula has already experienced a volcanic eruption earlier this year after some intense earthquake activity, in the third such event to have occurred in the area since 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my perspective as a scientist and someone who\u2019s been following this activity very closely, I would say that an eruption within the next 12 months is likely,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

But the local officials don\u2019t want to wait that long\u2014Iceland\u2019s national police commissioner recently declared a Civil Protection \u201cLevel of Uncertainty,\u201d that encourages residents to prepare for more serious earthquakes by securing items in their homes and being cautious around areas where rock slides could occur.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. The country\u2014which sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge\u2014is split between two tectonic plates, making it a hotspot for seismic and volcanic activity. While earthquakes are a common occurrence in Iceland, the country\u2019s meteorological office (IMO) reported on Friday that, lately, they have been more active than usual. 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