{"id":121677,"date":"2023-12-18T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=121677"},"modified":"2023-12-18T23:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:29:11","slug":"iceland-volcano-erupts-as-spewing-lava-increases-fears-of-worst-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/iceland-volcano-erupts-as-spewing-lava-increases-fears-of-worst-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland volcano erupts as spewing lava increases fears of worst case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A volcanic eruption has started on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, sending lava spewing some 150 metres into the air as the "worst case scenario" plays out. <\/p>\n

    The eruption follows over 230 earthquakes in the past few weeks and a "seismic swarm" of more than 1,000 earthquakes in 24 hours on November 9. The Icelandic Met Office warned on Monday night: "Eruption has started."<\/p>\n

    MBL.is states that the eruption is around a confined area north of Grindav\u00edk, a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland.<\/p>\n

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    A strong earthquake swarm began on the Reykjanes peninsula around 9pm this evening (December 18), and is centred at the Sundhnj\u00faka crater near Hagafell.<\/p>\n

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    Porvald P\u00f3r\u00f0arson, a volcanologist, told MBL that the "worst-case scenario" is currently feared.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis is the worst place, it looks like it. West of the pasture and up there, and then probably up through the Sundhn\u00fakar crater row, which are just north of it. There are super-high plumes of magma. Now it\u2019s a total guess, but the highest plumes are probably 150 metres."<\/p>\n

    "This means that the lava is flowing very quickly from the crater,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis may be close to the worst case imaginable. Unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n