#Iceland volcano lava ‘flowing faster than rate of other eruptions’

Iceland, which has 33 active volcanic systems, had declared a state of emergency in November when experts said an eruption was imminent.

Prior to an eruption in March 2021 eruption, the Reykjanes peninsula had been dormant for eight centuries.

But in the past two months, thousands of tremors were recorded around the volcano.

Iceland straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a crack in the ocean floor separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.

A massive eruption in April 2010 at another Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, in the south of the island – forced the cancellation of about 100,000 flights throughout Europe, leaving more than 10 million passengers stranded.

In 1783 about a quarter of the Icelandic population was killed when the Laki/Skaftareldar volcano erupted.

The 2021 eruption caused lava fountains to shoot out from a 1,640-2,460-foot-long fissure in the ground in the Fagradalsfjall volcanic system.