Terrawatch: Is a seismic spectacle brewing in Iceland?

Reykjanes peninsula is being peppered with earthquakes, suggesting magma is accumulatingIcelandic volcanoes have only to twitch and they find themselves plastered with instruments. Right now activity in the Reykjanes peninsula, a lesser known volcanic region in the south-west, is causing excitement. Situated near the town of Grindavík and the popular Blue Lagoon, and only 9 miles (15km) from Iceland’s international airport, it is an area that has not seen an eruption for 800 years (