[Rockhounds] Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Next flight in about five minutes.

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 4:06 PM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> This is the livestream from a drone, you have to wait for them to make a
> flight but there's previous footage to watch.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRV23X3H9xE
>
> Tim Fisher
> Rockhound1 at orerockon.com
>
>
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> Subject: [Rockhounds] Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula
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> A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland
> after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
>
> About 4,000 people were earlier evacuated from the fishing town of
> Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was closed.
>
> The eruption started north of the town at 22:17 local time (22:17 GMT), the
> Icelandic Met Office said.
>
> The region around the capital Reykjavik has been experiencing an increase
> in earthquake activity since late October.
>
> Images and videos posted on social media showed lava bursting from the
> volcano just an hour after an earthquake swarm, or seismic events, were
> detected.
>
> A coastguard helicopter has been sent to the area to confirm the exact
> location and size of the eruption.
>
> The Met Office said that the eruption was located about 4km (2.5 miles)
> north-east of Grindavik and the seismic activity was moving towards the
> town.
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67756413
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