The third volcano eruption in Iceland in recent months
On Thursday, the Business Recorder reported, there was a third volcanic explosion on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest.
Since December 2023, there have been three volcano eruptions on the peninsula.
Authorities on southwest Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula reported the start of the third volcanic explosion to hit the area since December on Thursday.
On live video, flaming lava could be seen escaping a fissure and lighting up the night sky with a column of smoke.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) released a statement that read, “Intense minor earthquake activity occurred northeast of Sylingarfell at 5:30 this morning. An eruption started in the same location around thirty minutes later.”
The fissure’s length was initially estimated by the IMO to be around three kilometers (1.86 miles) based on a Coast Guard fly-past.
It happened in the vicinity of the evacuated fishing community of Grindavik, in the same location as two earlier eruptions, the first on December 18 and the second on January 14.
Iceland has more active volcano systems than any other country in Europe, numbering over thirty.
It crosses the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a fissure in the sea floor that divides the tectonic plates of North America and Europe.
The Reykjanes peninsula had not seen an eruption in eight centuries until March 2021.
Volcanologists believe that the August 2022, July 2023, and December 2023 fresh eruptions mark the beginning of a new age of activity in the area.
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