The Reykjanes volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Monday, spewing lava and smoke into the air, after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country's Meteorological Office said.

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The eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula began at around 10 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET), following an earthquake around an hour earlier, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement.

The most recent eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, home to some 30,000 people or nearly 8% of the country’s population, ended on June 22 after spewing fountains of molten rock for 24 days.

A volcano in Iceland that has roared back to life after eight centuries of silence has erupted for the seventh time since December, sending molten lava flowing towards the Blue Lagoon spa.

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula exploded in volcanic eruptions on December 18—creating an astonishing 2.5-mile-long fissure whose southern segment is seen here near the coastal town of Grindavik.

A volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupted for the seventh time in less than a year on Wednesday evening, releasing lava from a fissure approximately 1.8 miles long.. The eruption began at ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December. The eruption started with little warning at 11:14 p.m ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in its sixth outbreak since December.

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has roared back to life after eight centuries of silence has erupted for the seventh time since December, sending molten lava flowing ...

The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula started with little warning at 11:14 p.m. (2314 GMT) Wednesday and created a fissure around 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long.