A volcano in Iceland could spew lava ‘for weeks’ an expert has warned, amid growing fears that an eruption could be imminent.
The Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula, the youngest part of Iceland, threatens to ‘obliterate’ the town of Grindavik. Its 4,000 residents have been evacuated after a state of emergency was declared on Friday.
‘We are really concerned about all the houses and the infrastructure in the area,’ said Vidir Reynisson, head of Iceland’s Civil Protection and Emergency Management.
‘The magma is now at a very shallow depth, so we’re expecting an eruption within a couple of hours at the shortest, but at least within a couple of days.’
Magma has been accumulating three miles under the town and experts have said a ‘corridor’ around nine miles (14km) long has developed beneath it, with an eruption possible anywhere along the intrusion. At least 2,800 tremors have been recorded in the last day.





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