after a thousand earthquakes in a week, a volcano erupted in Iceland

Between midnight Thursday and 7 a.m. this Friday (local time), around 400 minor earthquakes were recorded, a relatively low seismic activity compared to the previous mornings, where “about 1000 earthquakes” were counted, it was officially indicated.

IMO has shared the first images of the eruption taken from a Coast Guard helicopter. According to initial information from the agency, the crack of the volcano is about 200 meters long.

The volcanic eruption was located in the Geldingadalur Valley, near Fagradalsfjall Mountain, located about 30 kilometers southwest of Reykjavik, so all air traffic, both departing and arriving, was interrupted at the capital’s international airport.

Icelandic police issued a statement asking residents to “stay calm and stay away from the eruption site under any circumstances” Roads must be clear for quick access to the lifeguard area.

Amid constant tremors of up to 5 degrees on the Richter scale that are recorded in this region, Icelandic experts had warned of a possible volcanic eruption, although They pointed out that it would be more of an eruption of cracks, without explosions of lava or ash thrown into the sky..

It should be remembered that on April 14, 2010, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull had a major eruption from its upper crater, which caused melting glacier and resulting flooding in nearby rivers, causing the evacuation of more than 800 people.

In addition, the eruption spat volcanic ash several kilometers into the atmosphere, leading to the closure of airspace from April 14 to 20 over most of northern Europe from April 15, affecting around 10 million passengers.