On volcanoes, a fissure is an elongated fracture or crack at the surface from which lava erupts. Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to a central vent after a period of hours or days. Occasionally ...

Hundreds of visitors who traveled to watch a once-in-800-year volcano eruption near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik had to evacuate the area after steam and lava started spurting from a new fissure.

Live footage showed lava gushing from a long fissure at the scene. READ: Iceland volcano erupts again but ... but Grindavik — a small fishing town — was being evacuated. The eruption is ...

The eruption occurred at the Sundhnuksgigar volcanic fissure near the town of Grindavik ... but Grindavik -- a small fishing town -- was being evacuated,” IMO specialist Benedikt Ofeigsson ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A volcano erupted in Iceland's most densely populated area on December 18. It is the largest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. More from News A ...

after a sequence of small earthquakes in the hour before. Enormous plumes of smoke and spews of lava have since been flowing from a nearly 4 kilometre (2.5 miles) long volcanic fissure.

An Icelandic peninsula experienced its fourth eruption since December with lava from a new volcanic fissure steadily advancing, though the eruption’s intensity had decreased, authorities said.