A volcanic eruption has sent lava spewing out of a giant fissure on the Sundhnúkur crater row in Iceland. The fissure opened up on Wednesday (July 16) following a swarm of earthquakes, according to a ...

A helicopter crew observed lava emerging Wednesday morning following a volcano eruption near Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Photo By EPA/Icelandic Civil Protection July 16 ...

Reykjavik — Icelandic authorities said Friday that a second fissure had formed on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula after lava started spewing forth for the sixth time in the region since December.

A volcanic eruption in Southwestern Iceland forced the evacuation of a nearby town and the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa on Wednesday, July 16. Media images captured huge plumes of smoke and ...

AP Photo/Eggert Johannesson LONDON -- Experts say the seismic activity near the Bardarbunga volcano on Iceland is calming down while tall fountains of fire and lava continue to lick the air along a ...

For the seventh time in less than a year, Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted into fiery spectacle, spewing molten lava from a fissure approximately 1.8 miles long. The eruption, which began on ...

A volcanic fissure that opened up in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula expanded on Thursday after an eruption forced the evacuation of local residents and travellers staying at the famous Blue Lagoon spa.

July 16 (UPI) --Icelandic authorities now say threats of wildfires have officials on "high" alert and that eruption fissures were bigger than scientists initially thought after Wednesday's eruption of ...