The eruption is the seventh since December and comes after years of elevated seismic reveal within the pickle
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21 November, 2024, 09:05 am
Final modified: 21 November, 2024, 09:08 am
A volcano erupted gradual Wednesday on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland, the nationwide climate service mentioned, the seventh since supreme December.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) mentioned in a commentary that the eruption took put of abode on the Sundhnuksgigar volcanic fissure, initiate air the town of Grindavik, at 2314 GMT.
Are dwelling footage confirmed lava gushing from a protracted fissure on the scene.
IMO specialist Benedikt Ofeigsson told public radio RAS2 that no infrastructure changed into for the time being threatened, however Grindavik — a small fishing town — changed into being evacuated.
The eruption is the seventh since December and comes after years of elevated seismic reveal within the pickle.
Iceland is dwelling to 33 active volcanoes.
