1 of 3 2016 image of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP 2 of 3 Blue Lagoon resort in Iceland in 2003 Photo: Frank Augstein/AP 3 of 3 image of the Blue Lagoon resort in Iceland , in Year 2003 Photo: Frank Augstein/AP
Lagoa is a tourist attraction in the country.
A wave of earthquakes has struck Iceland in recent days and a complex of luxury hotels and spas in a thermal water lagoon in Iceland has ceased operations this Friday (10).
The earthquakes began on October 25, but the frequency has increased in recent days 1,400 earthquakes were recorded between Wednesday and Thursday. The strongest of these had a magnitude of 4.8.
In the region, people believed that a volcano had become active (Iceland has more than 130 volcanoes).
Scientists are monitoring the situation to see if seismic activity is occurring closer to the surface this is an indicator that magma is breaking through the lithosphere (the outermost layer of the Earth).
The Icelandic monitoring agency said there was no sign for now that the tremors were occurring in increasingly shallow layers. However, the situation can change quickly and a lava eruption can actually occur.
The island of Iceland was formed by volcanic activity and an eruption occurs in the country every four to five years.
In 2010, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which sent huge clouds of ash into the atmosphere, forced a large region of Europe to close its airspace.
Hotel and thermal bath
Scientists say there is a spot where magma accumulates less than 3 kilometers from the Blue Lagoon.
The Blue Lagoon is a hot spring site in the town of Grindavik. The attraction of the Blue Lagoon is the naturally heated water. A local spa and resort has temporarily suspended operations until the 16th.