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Iceland, home to hundreds of volcanoes, has been hit with more than 2,000 earthquakes in the last few days, prompting the country to declare a state of emergency and evacuations over a potential volcanic eruption putting the safety of thousands at risk.
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More than 800 earthquakes have been recorded in the country since Friday at 4 p.m. EST, with Iceland’s Meteorological Office saying in a statement that the “likelihood of a volcanic eruption occurring in the near future is deemed considerable.”
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