Iceland’s Blue Lagoon on Alert for Magma Flows After Earthquakes

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon, a geothermal seawater spa that’s the country’s main tourist attraction, is on alert for potential magma flows following a string of earthquakes in the area near capital Reykjavik.

The north Atlantic country’s authorities are monitoring the situation closely as an underground magma intrusion is forming close to Grindavik, a fishing town of about 3,600 people, and only a few hundred meters away from the Blue Lagoon, Bjarki Kaldalon, a natural hazards specialist at Iceland’s meteorological office, said by phone on Friday. Still, there is no immediate risk of an eruption, he added.