A lot of work was put into cleaning and rebuilding the Island and the people of the town soon started moving back home after the eruption stopped (Guðjón Ármann Eyjólfsson, 1973).
Mikið þrekvirki var einnig unnið við hreinsun eyjunnar og íbúar fóru fljótlega að snúa heim (Guðjón Ármann Eyjólfsson, 1973).