A volcano near Reykjavik erupted late Wednesday for the seventh time in a year, spewing lava and smoke but causing no disruptions to air traffic or infrastructure. The eruption created a fissure nearly two miles long, smaller than previous eruptions this year. Authorities had warned of magma accumulation beneath the Reykjanes peninsula, though seismic activity had not increased recently. Keflavik Airport confirmed flights were unaffected, but the Blue Lagoon spa was evacuated. After 800 years of dormancy, the area's geological systems reactivated in 2021, leading to increasingly frequent eruptions.
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00:02A volcano at Reykjavik erupted late Wednesday for the seventh time in years, spewing lava
00:06and smoke, causing no disruptions to air traffic or infrastructure.
00:10The eruption created a fissure nearly two miles long, smaller than previous eruptions
00:14this year.
00:15Authorities had warned of magma accumulation beneath the Reykjanes Peninsula, though seismic
00:19activity had not increased recently.
00:21Keflavik Airport confirmed flights were unaffected, but the Blue Lagoon Spa was evacuated.
00:27After 800 years of dormancy, the area's geological system is reactivated in 2021, leading to
00:32increasingly frequent eruptions.
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