The largest volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland has begun to erupt. This didn't happen in
The first aerial photographs to be found atThe Icelandic Meteorological Office's page showed a relatively small eruption in which two lava flows flow in opposite directions. The glow of lava could be observed from the outskirts of Iceland's capital Reykjavik, which is located at a distance of about 32 km from the eruption.
The Department of Emergency Situations stated,that no evacuation was planned because the volcano was located in a remote valley, about 2.5 km from the nearest road. In the first hours of the eruption, lava spread over an area of more than one square kilometer (200 football fields).
Gosið er lítið og hefur virkni heldur minnkað fráþví í gær. Lítið er um kvikustróka og þekur hraunflæðið svæði sem er í mesta lagi um 500 meter breitt. Gosið er afmarkað við lítið svæði ofan í dalverpi og er ólíklegt að hraunflæði komi til með að valda tjóni. #Reykjanes #eldgos pic.twitter.com/c5KSCjJIhP
— Icelandic Meteorological Office – IMO (@Vedurstofan) March 20, 2021
A new video of the eruption at Geldingardalur valley in Reykjanes peninsula. Taken from the Coast Guard helicopter. #Reykjanes #Eruption #Fagradalsfjall pic.twitter.com/B862heMzQL
— Icelandic Meteorological Office – IMO (@Vedurstofan) March 19, 2021
Fyrsta mynd af gosinu. Tekin úr þyrlu Landhelgisgæslunnar. Syðri endi tungunnar er um 2.6 km frá Suðurstrandarvegi. Miðað við fyrstu upplýsingar er sprungan um 200 m löng. pic.twitter.com/MeRCLCtcrv
— Icelandic Meteorological Office – IMO (@Vedurstofan) March 19, 2021
The authorities did not close the onlythe country's international airport located in the capital. Each airline independently decides on flights. There were no reports of delays in air traffic in the area of the volcanic eruption.
The volcano of Mount Fagradals has been dormant for 6 thousand years, and there has not been a single eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula for 781 years.
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