Twelfth eruption has begun
View of the fissure from the south. The northwestern part of Mt Fagradalsfjall is visible on the right side of the image, while the eruption plume drifts northwest. The eruption on July 16 is located southeast of Litla-Skógfell. Ljósmynd/Hörður Kristleifsson
A volcanic eruption has begun near the Sundhnúkar crater row — the twelfth eruption since the first one at Mt. Fagradalsfjall in 2021.
The eruption's source is southeast of Litla-Skógfell, in roughly the same area as the crater formed during the eruption last August.
Just before the eruption started, the Icelandic Meteorological Office estimated the length of the magma intrusion at approximately 6.5 kilometers.
The National Commissioner of Police, in cooperation with the Police Commissioner of Suðurnes, has declared a state of emergency in civil protection.
