SHOTLIST ++Dawn Shots 1. Wide of Selfoss with geothermal springs in foreground 2. Group of geothermal springs 3. Columns of steam billowing from newly-created fissure in ground 4. Wide of new geothermal spring with police tape in foreground 5. Various of boiling mud erupting from fissure in ground 6. Wide of damaged farm 7. Various of wrecked sheep pen after barn roof collapsed 8. Close up of bleating lamb after being rescued 9. Close up of dead bird on ground 10. Wide of wrecked sheep pen 11. Wide of Selfoss with steam billowing from geothermal springs ++Dawn Shots 12. Men at work inside command post for Icelandic volunteer search and rescue 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Olafur Jonsson, search and rescue volunteer: "We are very near because, you see the mountain over there? That's the middle of the earthquake." (Q) So how come there hasn't been more damage? "Because we have good houses, we have concrete houses, well built." 14. Wide of damaged to farm building 15. Various of rubble 16. Wide of farm ++Day Shots 17. Wide of Reykjavic city centre 18. Traditional houses by waterfront 19. Exterior of youth hostel 20. French couple having breakfast 21. SOUNDBITE (French) Carine Chanjou, French tourist: "Yes, I guess some people were scared. We had never been in this situation but maybe here they are used to earthquakes, I don't know." 22. Wide of tents on camp site 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Lorre Napoli, American tourist: "I travel all over the world and I tend to bring rain everywhere I go. This is the first time I've felt maybe I brought an earthquake to Iceland, because I asked the driver and he said there hadn't been one for quite a while." Q: Are you worried? "No, not at all." 24. Camper vans in tourist park STORYLINE Safety cordons were in place to protect the public on Friday after a powerful earthquake in Iceland created new and potentially dangerous changes in the landscape. In the town of Selfoss, close to the epicentre, a new fissure opened up in the ground. Boiling mud and steam erupted from the fissure, creating a new geothermal spring in an area already abounding with them. Police taped off the area in an attempt to deter sightseers. Earlier on Friday, rescue crews swung into action on after the earthquake shook the country, rocking buildings in the capital, lightly injuring up to 30 people and forcing residents in outlying towns to evacuate. The US Geological Survey said the 6.2 magnitude quake hit at 3:46 pm local time (1546 GMT) on Thursday, with its epicentre near the town of Selfoss, 30 miles (50 kilometres) east-southeast of the capital, Reykjavik. Up to 30 people were injured in the quake, the Civil Protection Department of Iceland's police said. It said none of the injuries was serious. Foreign tourists caught up in the earthquake spoke of their relief that the quake had caused so few casualties. French couple Carine Chanjou and Frederic Pulisci had just arrived on holiday at a youth hostel in Reykjavic. "Yes, I guess some people were scared," said Chanjou. "We had never been in this situation but maybe here they are used to earthquakes, I don't know." American traveller Lorre Napoli said she wasn't at all worried, and joked that she might have helped to cause the earthquake in the first place. "I tend to bring rain everywhere I go, but this is the first time I've felt maybe I brought an earthquake," she quipped. Volunteer rescue chief Olafur Jonsson said the town had been lucky to escape so lightly, given its immediate proximity to the epicentre, and this was because houses had been constructed to withstand tremors. "We have good houses, we have concrete houses, well built," he said. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f9a44ffa5b212e8b5107db9bb8b188e4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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