Iceland faces another volcanic activity – up to a kilometer volcanic crack opened on Wednesday morning on Wednesday morning.
Another volcanic eruption began on Wednesday’s Icelandic Peninsula, already twelve since 2021. This was announced by the Meteorological Office there, TASR writes based on Reuters and DPA reports.
The meteorological office announced an eruption shortly before 06:00 CEST. According to his data, a 700 to 1000-meter volcanic crack opened on the thinly populated Peninsula of Reykjanes, situated southwest of Reykjavík. As DPA writes, it happened after a series of shocks.
Crack eruption
Such a volcanic explosion is known as the crack eruption, what they are characterized by that the lava streams are based on long volcanic cracks in the Earth’s crust and not from the central crater.
For the time being, Lava does not pose a threat to the capital of Reykjavík, and has not yet caused any significant distraction of ash into the stratosphere, so it has not disturbed air traffic.
Evacuation of grindavík
However, for a long -term depopulated – for a regular threat of such eruptions as well as earthquakes – the fishing town of Grindavík remains closer to the laid, which evacuated in 2023, when it lived nearly 4,000 inhabitants.
Experts say that volcanic eruptions may have occurred in this area for decades or even centuries. In some of these previously, the flowing lava threatened the popular geothermal spa Blue Lagoon or the geothermal power plant SvartSengi.
Preventive measures
The spa and nearby camping even now have been preventively evacuated by the authorities. The previous volcanic activity on the island took place in April, laing for several days. The current eruption is ninth from the end of 2023 and twelfth from 2021.
Iceland, a small island state in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, has less than 400,000 inhabitants, but more than 30 active volcanoes. This makes him a sought -after destination for the so -called. volcanic tourists.
