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  2. List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    6700 BC. - the "Great Þjórsá Lava flow", the largest known effusive eruption in Iceland in the last 10,000 years, originated from the Veiðivötn (is:Veiðivötn) ( area. [114] The Þjórsá lava field is up to 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) in area and flowed over 100 km (62 mi) to the sea and forms the coast between Þjórsá and Ölfusá.

  3. Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia

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    Eyjafjallajökull in March 2006, viewed from a recreation area on the Sólheimajökull, a glacier on the Katla volcano. Eyjafjallajökull erupted in the years 920, 1612, 1821, and 2010. [17] The Skerin Ridge eruption in 920 was a VEI 3 radial fissure eruption while the subsequent 1612 and 1821 eruptions were VEI 2 small summit eruptions.

  4. Grímsvötn - Wikipedia

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    Grímsvötn is a basaltic volcano which has the highest eruption frequency of all the volcanoes in Iceland. It has a southwest-northeast-trending fissure system. The massive climate-impacting Laki fissure eruption of 1783–1784 took place in a part of the same Grímsvötn-Laki volcanic system. [3]

  5. Biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 years as Iceland ...

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    The volcanic island of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia saw an eruption on 22 December 2018 which caused a deadly tsunami, with waves surging up to five meters in height. The tsunami killed at least 437 ...

  6. Fagradalsfjall - Wikipedia

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    Around three months after the volcano first erupted, the lava flow was a steady 12 m 3 /s (420 cu ft/s), and the lava now covered an area of more than 3 km 2 (1.2 sq mi) increasing by around 60,000 m 2 /d (650,000 sq ft/d). [106] [107] Lava had accumulated 100 m (330 ft) deep around the volcano. [108]

  7. Iceland volcano dramatically erupts again as streams of lava ...

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    A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing massive lava flows that threatened to cut off the town of Grindavík and prompting the evacuation of ...

  8. Hekla - Wikipedia

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    The eruption occurred over a century after the last eruption of Hekla proper, the longest dormant period since 1104. Before the eruption the volcano had been visible from the surrounding area but nothing remarkable was noticed. The eruption occurred at 6:41 am ± 3 min with a loud roar; later eruptions could be heard throughout Iceland.

  9. Iceland volcano – live: Eruption could happen with just 30 ...

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    A volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted three times since 2021, after being dormant for 800 years. Previous eruptions occurred in remote valleys without causing damage.