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The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continued with similar intensity as the previous few weeks. The lava field covered 63 km 2 (24 sq mi) in late October. On 11 November, it was reported that the lava field extended to 70 km 2 (27 sq mi) and more than 1 km 3 (0.24 cu mi) in volume - the largest in Iceland since the Laki eruption of 1783. [3] [18]
The eruption’s lava flow rate was about 1,300 m 3 /s (46,000 cu ft/s) in the first hours, which was considerably lower than in the August–September eruption 2024. Within the first seven hours, the eruption had spread to nearly 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi), and lava quickly approached Route 43 (Grindavíkurvegur), crossing it over five hours after the ...
Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed Sunday toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, which have so far held the molten rock back from the evacuated community. A volcanic system on ...
A volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland flared again late Wednesday night, marking the region's seventh eruption in just one year. Lava burst from a crack in the ground before midnight ...
The intensity of the eruption and accompanying seismic activity which preceded it decreased early on 19 December, with lava seen spreading laterally from both sides of the newly opened fissures. [8] Iceland's Meteorological Office said the eruption occurred at around 22:17 GMT following a series of small earthquakes at around 21:00. [9]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A volcano in Iceland erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December, the country's meteorological office said, spewing smoke and bright orange lava into the air in ...
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 ...
circa 500 BC - Hverfjall (Hverfell) is a tephra cone or Phreatomagmatic eruption in northern Iceland. The eruption was in the southern part of the Krafla fissure swarm. [133] (Part of the North volcanic zone (NVZ)) 400 BC Stóra-Eldborg undir Geitahlíð erupted, and the lava flowed 2,5 km to the sea. [134] [135]