March 17, 2024 – 07:34
The fourth volcanic eruption in Iceland since December began Saturday night. The eruption is still ongoing at the time of writing this article, which can be watched live via the video broadcast by Reuters:
An expert from the professional Facebook group Tűzhányó also talks about the latest outbreaks mentioned Saturday night. He added: “The volcanic eruption began more than 30 minutes after the earthquake signal, at 20:25 local time. Within a minute, a towering lava fountain erupted, then the Earth’s surface split in a north-south direction for about 3 kilometers, and lava trees were blown away.” The eruption erupted in a long curtain of lava. The location of the eruption is close to the February eruption and a little to the west. The Blue Lagoon (there were about 700 people here) and Grindavik were evacuated on time, within half an hour. The lava flow is spreading partly to the south (towards Grindavik), and partly to the west (towards the Grindavik-Reykjavik highway), relatively quickly. Volcanologist Szabolcs Harangi wrote: “The lava flow may reach the land wall in the north-eastern part of Grindavik, if the eruption continues in this manner, in Within a few hours.”
Details of the latest volcanic eruption will be published soon in a separate article courtesy of Harangi, who is also a regular author on volcanoes for Telex.
