At 10:17 pm UTC last Nox , a major bang shook Iceland . The event has been bear for a while , but that make it no less striking . It start with a series of solid earthquake , and about an hour later lava fountain appeared from cracks in the ground . The fissure is currently about 4 kilometers ( 2.5 miles ) long , with the lava flowing at a charge per unit of around 100 to 200 cubic meters per moment .
Since tardy October , the Reykjanes peninsula of southwest Iceland has experiencedintense geological activity . Quakes were the prelude to an eruption and in readiness for it , the sportfishing Ithiel Town of Grindavik was evacuated , leaving the 4,000 inhabitants in temporary fitting . The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermic health spa , a well - screw magnet , was also closed for refuge reasons .
The fissure is located a few kilometers from both positioning but experts do not imagine there are any risks to either at the moment . The town of Grindavik has see damage with street crack as the build up - up of magma acquire place under the Reykjanes peninsula .
The Fagradalsfjall system lies parallel to the fractures and it had not picture a volcanic eruption for 6,000 years before the first one in 2021 . Since then , there have beenthree eruptionsin the Reykjanes Peninsula . The domain is no longer dormant . base on the volume of magma that has been reckon to lie underneath the region , expert are concerned that this eruption will be bigger than the last three combine . They are monitor the post closely . A coming together of scientists was schedule for this good morning , but the eruption seems to be less intense now .
“ The intensity of the volcanic eruption , which started about four hour ago , is decreasing . This is evident from seismic and GPS measurements . The fact that the activity is decreasing already is not an reading of how long the eruption will last , but rather that the bam is reaching a nation of counterbalance , ” tell theIcelandic Met Officeabout 3 am local prison term on December 19 .
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Currently , the arena is not approachable to the public unlike the former three eruption in the area , which apace became tourist drawing card . Still , the light of the eruption can be see to it at a distance , even from the chapiter of Iceland , Reykjavik , 42 kilometers ( 26 sea mile ) Frederick North of the eructation .
While the blast is intense , it does n’t appear it will affect atmosphere travel like the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull back in 2010 . Iceland ’s foreign diplomatic minister , Bjarni Benediktsson , said on Twitter , that " there are no to-do to flights to and from Iceland , and international flight of stairs corridor stay on open . "
you may see the eruption live on many public webcams , which are well out the eruption , such asthisorthis .
