{"id":16001,"date":"2024-01-14T05:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iceland-volcano-erupts-in-same-area-as-december-event\/14\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T05:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T10:32:53","slug":"iceland-volcano-erupts-in-same-area-as-december-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iceland-volcano-erupts-in-same-area-as-december-event\/14\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland Volcano Erupts in Same Area as December Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A volcano in Iceland erupted<\/a> on Sunday after hundreds of earthquakes shook the Reykjanes peninsula, prompting evacuations in a town near where a fissure<\/a> opened up and spewed lava last month.<\/p>\n

The eruption happened at about 8 a.m. local time near Sundhnj\u00fakar north of the town of Grindavik, according to local news media and the nation\u2019s civil defense agency. Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a volcanologist who advises the civil defense agency, said he was boarding a Coast Guard helicopter to fly over the eruption, some 10 minutes after it was reported to have started.<\/p>\n

At least 200 earthquakes<\/a> struck the area near Grindavik, 32 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, on Sunday starting at about 3 a.m. local time, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Before the eruption, the civil defense agency ordered the evacuation of Grindavik and said an eruption was imminent.<\/p>\n

The latest eruption happened along a row of volcanoes on the Reykjanes Peninsula, where a fissure opened up in December and erupted, creating a glowing and winding river of lava.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n