Reykjavik, March 3 (AFP/APP): A small volcanic eruption could be imminent on the southwestern tip of Iceland some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the capital Reykjavik, authorities said on Wednesday. Tremors signalling a potential eruption were detected on Wednesday afternoon, near Mount Keilir, inactive for the past 800 years, the Icelandic Met Office said. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake was registered in the area last week. “The magma is fracturing and it is so close to the surface… that we have to take it seriously,” Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland, told AFP. While an eruption is possible, Sigmundsson cautioned that “it is … Continue reading Small Volcanic Eruption imminent 18 kms from Reykjavik