Earthquakes and tremors continue around notorious volcano Katla
The past few days have seen a swarm of tremors around Katla volcano, but yesterday they reached over a 3 in magnitude or up to 3.6. According to repor...
Natural catastrophe in Greenland caused by tsunami
The town of Nuugaatsiaq on Greenland’s west coast was hit by a tsunami on Sunday devastating the town and the people living there. They were, along wi...
Secret Solstice Midnight Sun Music Festival and National Day festivities amid armed Police
Today is the last day of the annual Secret Solstice Music Festival in Iceland. The opening ceremony to the festival took place on 16 June and went wel...
Another earthquake around Bardarbunga volcano this morning
An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude was measured in Bardarbunda caldera this morning at 9.35 (local time) according to a RUV report and according to the Ic...
Winter storms still raging in Iceland – Road closures and warnings around the island
Even if summer has officially arrived in Iceland there is no stopping the snowstorms raging around the island, particularly in the east and west fjord...
Hekla Volcano ready to erupt as a large earthquake rocks south Iceland
Iceland is a volcanic island sitting on top of the Atlantic ridge and Icelanders are constantly reminded of that. Yesterday the farmers and summer cot...
More rape last year than ever – A heart breaking record set in Iceland
The emergency ward of Landspitalinn, University Hospital of Iceland has never received as many causalities of rape seeking help as last year ac...
An earthquake rocks the town of Keflavik
A sharp earthquake of 4.3 magnitude shook the town of Keflavik this morning. The people of the town felt the earth shift sharply but the earthq...