Living in a country that straddles two tectonic plates and has 130 or so volcanoes, Icelanders are no strangers to earthquakes and eruptions. But a lava stream that flowed into the southwestern town of Grindavik on Sunday, burning three homes the first time in about 50 years that a residential area had been affected was further proof that a threatening new phase of seismic activity had started in the area, according to Iceland's president.
A volcanologist at the University of Iceland, Thorvaldur Thordarson, said on Monday that the threat to the peninsula, where about 31,000 residents live in several towns, would not end soon. This new chapter on the Reykjanes Peninsula will last for a long time, he said, adding, A large, populated area is at stake.
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