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The volcanic eruption series at the Sundhnúksgígar crater chain began on 18 December 2023, with an initial eruption that lasted for three days. This eruption was preceded by land uplift in the Svartsengi area, which subsequently deflated upon eruption, indicating the accumulation of magma at a depth of 4–5 km (2.5–3 mi) beneath Svartsengi.
Human death toll Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 ...
This is an incomplete list of volcanic eruptions in Iceland.Please see External links below for databases of Icelandic eruptions which include over 530 events. For latest information about the current/ongoing series of eruptions near Grindavik on the Reykjanes peninsula - See 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
Iceland is accustomed to volcanic eruption and is home to 33 active volcanoes, reported AFP. Reykjanes peninsula itself has seen three eruptions since 2021, one each year – in March 2021, August ...
The country has an eruption every four to five years. The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed huge clouds of ash into the atmosphere ...
An Icelandic Civil Defence official told the public broadcaster RÚV that the eruption had happened quickly and appeared to be "quite a large event". [12] The eruption was described as the largest in the area since the beginning of activity in 2021, [9] and was visible as far away as the capital Reykjavík, 42 km (26 mi) away. [12]
The eruption began at 2023 GMT and the fissure was estimated to be about 2.9 kilometres long, roughly the same size as the last eruption in February, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a ...
1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir is inaugurated as President of Iceland. [8] 22 August – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system. [9] 25 August – A foreign tourist is killed and two others are reported missing after an ice cave collapses at the Breiðamerkurjökull ...