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Iceland volcano 2023: Is it safe to travel and will an eruption affect flights?
18.11.2023 - 00:57 / euronews.com / Rebecca Ann Hughes
Icelandic authorities have declared a state of emergency after hundreds of small earthquakes have rocked the Reykjanes Peninsula - the island nation’s most populated region - for more than two weeks.
Fagradalsfjall volcano has been threatening to erupt for days, Iceland's Met Office has said, adding that the likelihood of a volcanic eruption is high.
Authorities evacuated almost 4,000 people from a town located nearby over the weekend and they have only briefly been allowed back since to collect their belongings.
Despite lying just 10 miles north of the eruption site, Keflavik International Airport - Iceland's main international airport - has not been closed and flights are still arriving and departing.
If you are planning on travelling to or from the affected area, here are the full details on advice from European governments and which airlines are still operating flights.
Iceland’s seismic activity began in an area just north of Grindavik, a fishing town of 3,400 people, which was evacuated on Saturday.
A magma corridor beneath the surface now stretches 15 kilometres from just northwest of the town out into the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Civil Protection Agency.
On Monday, sensors detected sulphur gas in the air, indicating that this mixture of molten and semi-molten rock was moving closer to the surface and an eruption could be imminent. People were immediately evacuated but it has since been deemed a false alarm.
Concerns about the imminent eruption rose again in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit near the town of Grindavik.
"The biggest earthquakes originated there, under this old series of craters, but since then [the magma corridor] has been getting longer, went under the urban area in Grindavík and is heading even further and towards the sea," geology professor Pall Einarrson, told Iceland's RUV.
In and around Grindavik, the seismic activity has already caused large cracks to appear in roads and golf courses.
Police chief Ulfar Ludviksson has told local media that there has so far been no change to the situation in Grindavik overnight.
Concerns have been raised over the impact seismic activity and potential eruption will have on travel.
Iceland’s authorities have raised their aviation alert to orange, indicating an increased risk of a volcanic eruption.
“The likelihood of a volcanic eruption is high and an eruption could be possible on a timescale of just days,” the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue warns on its website SafeTravel.
Volcanic eruptions can pose a serious hazard to air travel as ash released into the atmosphere can cause jet engines to fail, damage flight control systems and reduce visibility.
But flights are currently still operating
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