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Fagradalsfjall volcano, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland: news & activity updates

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 09:07 GMT-
latest (2023) ... | Jul-Dec 2021 | Apr-Jun 2021 | | Jan-Mar 2021

As Iceland's eruption goes on, lava might fill the valley and overflow to the next one

Fri, 26 Mar 2021, 06:53
View of the ongoing eruption in Iceland this morning (image: RUV webcam)
View of the ongoing eruption in Iceland this morning (image: RUV webcam)
The eruption is now almost a week old and shows little signs of stopping anytime soon. Activity is now concentrated at two adjacent vents of a growing cone in the central part of the original eruptive fissure. They are filled with spectacularly boiling (degassing) lava that flows away to form thin flows that overlap on a growing lava field, that slowly but surely is filling the Geldingadalur valley. Read all

Reykjanes eruption continues in its fourth day, scientists find evidence of magma came quickly from very deep

Wed, 24 Mar 2021, 19:01
Weather conditions can be difficult on Iceland in March - view of the ongoing eruption this afternoon (RUV webcam)
Weather conditions can be difficult on Iceland in March - view of the ongoing eruption this afternoon (RUV webcam)
The eruption continues with little changes, but it has provided scientists already with very interesting results that might provide unique insights into a type of eruption that hasn't been observed on Iceland in a long time. Read all
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Fissure swarm 385 m / 1263 ft
Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, 63.89°N / -22.27°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Fagradalsfjall volcano eruptions:
2023 (10 July - ongoing), 2022 (Aug), 2021
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Typical eruption style
fissure eruptions, lava flows