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Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir (center) at a meeting with Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Chancellor Angela Merkel in August 2019
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Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wanted to talk about crisis management in her country during the corona pandemic, but was temporarily interrupted by an earthquake.
In the middle of a live interview with the "Washington Post" there was suddenly a bang in the background and the camera shook.
"Oh my god, this is an earthquake," said Jakobsdóttir, visibly shocked.
The newspaper published a recording of the interview on Twitter, in which the incident can be seen from about 3:05 a.m.
As confirmed by the national weather agency, the quake occurred early Tuesday afternoon not far from the Icelandic capital Reykjavik.
The epicenter was about seven kilometers west of Lake Kleifarvatn, it said.
According to initial estimates, it had a strength of around 5.5.
Several aftershocks were also measured.
"That's Iceland"
However, the shock at Jakobsdóttir was apparently gone within seconds.
"Sorry, that was just an earthquake. Wow!", She continued the conversation.
And added: "Well, that's Iceland."
She is fine and the house is still there.
She then continued talking about the Icelandic health system.
The earthquake does not only seem to have ended happily for the Prime Minister: there have been no reports of major damage or injuries.
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