A town and popular tourist attraction has been evacuated in Iceland after a volcano erupted near the nation’s capital, sending orange flames and smoke in the air.

This Tuesday, 1st April, in the south-west of Iceland, the volcano Sundhnúkagígar erupted, resulting in a massive fissure in ...

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity. Images show lava breaching the town's defensive ...

The magma flow began at about 6.30am local time accompanied by an intense earthquake storm similar to previous eruptions, Iceland's Met Office says.

Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.

City Hall and construction sites. No injuries or major damage reported as workers describe scary moments high above the ...

It has not reached the town.' The fissure emerged after an 'earthquake swarm' of more than 200 tremors rocked the region, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Fortunately, it appears ...

“The total length of the eruptive fissure is now about 1,200 meters (3,937 feet ... The magma flow began at about 6:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) accompanied by an intense earthquake swarm similar to ...

Molten lava is seen coming out of a fissure on the Sundhnuksgigar Crater Row on the outskirts of the fishing village Grindavik in southwest Iceland, on April 1, 2025. 31,170 people played the daily ...

Hours earlier the popular Blue Lagoon - where visitors can relax in the geothermic waters of the spa - had been evacuated and people in the town of Grindavík were told to leave their homes as they ...

Ultimately, though, they expose the fissures in society ... When water tumbles from a roof, it reveals the power of the earthquake, but also the hidden inequality of the city, provoking the ...