A volcano erupted on Monday in Iceland near the capital city of Reykjavik, the countrys meteorological department said.Mondays incident, which happened about 30 kilometres away from Reykjavik, is the third time that a volcano has erupted in Iceland in the span of two years.🔴 ICELAND 🇮🇸| 🌋| On Monday 10 evening, a #volcanic #eruption started northwest of #LitliHrutur hill in the #Fagradalsfjall fissure zone, on the #Reykjanes peninsula, #Iceland. The mountain is about 50 km from the capital #Reykjavik. #Volcano 📸 Bragi Valgeirsson pic.twitter.com/ZxRoNaX5Oi— Nanana365 (@nananamedia365) July 10, 2023“The eruption is taking place in a small depression just north of Litli Hrutur [Little Ram in Icelandic] from which smoke is escaping in a north-westerly direction,” the Iceland Met Office said.Right now, Iceland is experiencing a new volcanic eruption!The scene is like a gateway to another world… 🤯Credit: shots(dot)am on IGSource: IG#volcano pic.twitter.com/Hk853glr1K— Nicolas Neubert (@iamneubert) July 10, 2023“There are three fissures with lava basically running in all directions,” Thorvaldur Thordarson, Professor in Volcanology at the University of Iceland, told AFP.He added that the fissures are about 200 to 300 metres long. “It is a low intensity, effusive eruption,” he said.No immediate risk to communities: Iceland Met OfficeThe Met Office, in a post on their website, confirmed that the volcanic eruption does not pose an immediate danger to the people.“The eruption is small and there is presently no emission of ash to the atmosphere… The eruption is in an uninhabited region, so there are no immediate risks to communities or infrastructure,” the department said in a post on its website.However, officials warned people against visiting the area. A large number of residents turned up to see the 2021 and 2022 volcanic eruptions to catch a rare glimpse of an active volcano.Here we go again!A volcano is erupting for the 3rd year in a row on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near Icelands capital Reykjavik. Today marks 323 days since the 2022 eruption ended. The interval between the eruptions of 2021 and 2022 was 319 days… #Fagradalsfjall #Keilir pic.twitter.com/ynBRM4ikN7— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) July 10, 2023“The development of the eruption is presently unclear, so we advise the public not to attempt to visit the eruption area. Dangerously high levels of volcanic gases will accumulate close to the eruption,” the Met Office said.The present eruption can be seen from the road connecting Reykjavik to the airport, and people have gathered there and are taking photos of the smoke, an AFP reporter present at the ground reported.
