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A volcano erupted on Monday near Iceland’s capital Reykjavík, the country’s meteorological office said, as reported by the news agency AFP. Following the eruption, lava gushed out in the area for the third time in two years. In the week ahead of the eruption, thousands of small earthquakes were recorded in the area. It signaled that magma beneath the surface was moving and that an eruption was about to occur.
According to the footage shared by the local media, a massive cloud of smoke can be seen rising from the ground as well as a substantial flow of lava at the site around 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Reykjavik, AFP reported. The smoke can be seen from the road connecting Reykjavík to the international airport, with cars pulled over and people taking pictures.
“The eruption is taking place in a small depression just north of Litli Hrutur (‘Little Ram’ in Icelandic) from which smoke is escaping in a north-westerly direction,” the meteorological office said. “There are three fissures with lava basically running in all directions,” Thorvaldur Thordarson, Professor in Volcanology at the University of Iceland, told AFP.
He further stated that the fissures are in total around 200 to 300 meters long and “it is a low intensity, effusive eruption.” This means “it’s not causing widespread threats due to explosive activity” but “if the eruption continues for long enough it could be a threat to infrastructure.”
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