The manifestation of the natural disaster was registered in the territory of the Reykjanes Peninsula (south of the region).
According to the Iceland Monitor, the fourth eruption in the last three years began immediately after the earthquake. Seismologists initially recorded underground activity with a magnitude of 4.2 at 21:00 MST. December 18 (00:00 Moscow time).
Then, at 22:46 P.M. the same day (01:46 Moscow time on December 19) near the town of Grindavik began to show activity volcano Fagradalsfjadl, located just 7 km from residential areas.
Before that, the Icelandic authorities announced the evacuation of the locality on November 10.
The head of the Icelandic state company for insurance against natural disasters Huldu Ragnheidur Audnadouttir specified that the material damage from earthquakes is approximately more than 70 million dollars.
Earlier it became known that in China as a result of the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 killed 111 people, in the epicenter of the affected area noted numerous destructions.