REYKJAVIK: Icelandic authorities said Friday that a second fissure had formed on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, but volcanic activity had decre...
Icelandic authorities said Friday that a second fissure had formed on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, but volcanic activity had decreased after lava started spewing forth for the sixth time in the region since December.
Video images showed orange lava bursting out of a long fissure, which the IMO estimated to be 3.9 kilometres . In an later update, the agency said that “the intensity of the eruption has decreased significantly since yesterday.”Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava fountains The latest eruption occurred north of previous eruptions and since no lava flowed south it posed less of a risk to the nearby fishing village of Grindavik, which was evacuated Thursday evening.
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