TOPSHOT – A newly constructed defence wall is seen across the landmark thermal sea water tub, the Blue Lagoon with the facility plant Svartsengi behind it close to Grindavik, on December 21, 2023, prime left is the lava mattress from the most recent eruption above the evacuated city in western Iceland. Icelandic authorities are close to to finnish constructing protecting partitions across the geothermal energy plant within the nation’s southwest to guard it from lava flows, as officers hope to guard the Svartsengi plant. A volcanic eruption started on Monday evening in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland’s Meteorological Workplace reported. (Picture by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP) (Picture by HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Sunday, the nation’s meteorological workplace stated, making it the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021.
A coast guard helicopter has been despatched to evaluate the scenario and the precise location, the Civil Safety company stated.
The eruption started north of the fishing city of Grindavik but it surely was nonetheless not clear precisely the place the lava was rising from or during which route it was flowing, stated broadcaster RUV.
The final eruption on the peninsula began within the Svartsengi volcanic system on Dec. 18 following the whole evacuation of the city of Grindavik’s 4,000 inhabitants and the closing of the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, a preferred vacationer spot.
Grindavik was in the end spared because the lava flowed in a distinct route from the city.
Mendacity between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, two of the biggest on the planet, Iceland is a seismic and volcanic sizzling spot as the 2 plates transfer in reverse instructions.
