Stunning images of a new volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula

The area around the small town of Grindavik was evacuated late Thursday, August 22, due to a new volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland, local media reported.

It all starts over. While the June 2024 volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula ended, lava spewed out of the ground on Thursday, August 22, at around 9:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. Paris time). The eruption, the sixth in the country since December, was captured by cameras positioned in the southwest of the island that continuously film the area.

The town of Grindavik has been evacuated.

An earthquake was recorded in the area at 8:48 p.m. local time, Visir media reported. Our colleagues from the RUV media It was reported that the area around the small coastal town of Grindavik was being evacuated and that authorities were asking curious people not to go to the eruption site.

Volcanic eruptions in the same area in December, January and February led to the evacuation of nearby residents of Grindavik, which was affected by lava, in November.

The Reykjanes Peninsula had not seen an eruption for eight centuries until March 2021. Further eruptions occurred in August 2022 as well as in July and December 2023. Volcanologists have warned that seismic activity in the area has entered a new era.

The activity recorded on this peninsula testifies to the awakening of a long fault that allowed magma to rise after 800 years, volcanologists agree.

Iceland is home to 33 active volcanic systems, more than any other European country.