(graph provided by the Icelandic Meteorological Office)
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At 12:46 PM, local time, on 29 May 2024, a fissure eruption started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula. It was preceded by numerous minor earthquakes, which started in the late morning (= "yellow" cluster in the right portion of the graph).

Locality: Sundhnúkur Crater Row area, Reykjanes Peninsula, southwestern Iceland

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(screen capture video from the Grindavik web camera atop Thorbjörn)
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At 12:46 PM, local time, on 29 May 2024, a fissure eruption started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, at Sundhnúkur Crater Row, north-northeast of the town of Grindavik. As with previous eruptions in this area, the active fissure lengthened and basaltic lava flows spread out in multiple directions.

Update: the eruption stopped on 21 or 22 June 2024.

Tags:   Reykjanes Peninsula Iceland Sundhnúkur Crater Row basalt basaltic lava flow flows eruption eruptions effusive 29 May 2024 video videos fountain fountains fountaining fissure

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(screen capture video from the Grindavik web camera atop Thorbjörn)
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At 12:46 PM, local time, on 29 May 2024, a fissure eruption started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, at Sundhnúkur Crater Row, north-northeast of the town of Grindavik. As with previous eruptions in this area, the active fissure lengthened and basaltic lava flows spread out in multiple directions.

Update: the eruption stopped on 21 or 22 June 2024.

Tags:   Reykjanes Peninsula Iceland Sundhnúkur Crater Row basalt basaltic lava flow flows eruption eruptions effusive 29 May 2024 video videos fountain fountains fountaining fissure

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(screen capture video from the Grindavik web camera atop Thorbjörn)
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At 12:46 PM, local time, on 29 May 2024, a fissure eruption started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, at Sundhnúkur Crater Row, north-northeast of the town of Grindavik. As with previous eruptions in this area, the active fissure lengthened and basaltic lava flows spread out in multiple directions.

Update: the eruption stopped on 21 or 22 June 2024.

Tags:   Reykjanes Peninsula Iceland Sundhnúkur Crater Row basalt basaltic lava flow flows eruption eruptions effusive 29 May 2024 video videos fountain fountains fountaining fissure

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(screen capture video from the Grindavik web camera atop Thorbjörn)
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At 12:46 PM, local time, on 29 May 2024, a fissure eruption started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, at Sundhnúkur Crater Row, north-northeast of the town of Grindavik. As with previous eruptions in this area, the active fissure lengthened and basaltic lava flows spread out in multiple directions.

Update: the eruption stopped on 21 or 22 June 2024.

Tags:   Reykjanes Peninsula Iceland Sundhnúkur Crater Row basalt basaltic lava flow flows eruption eruptions effusive 29 May 2024 video videos fountain fountains fountaining fissure

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