“During the next few hours, it is very likely that gas will accumulate around the eruption site due to the lack of wind. Those who have already made the trek to the eruption site, or are already there, are strongly advised to leave the area,” he said.
Images of the eruption show that the fissure has shortened a lot and the lava flow has stopped, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, told Icelandic national broadcaster RUV on Tuesday.
“It won’t be big, but it can last a long time. We are not seeing a continuation of what we saw in the first few hours,” she said.
Iceland’s Met Office Vedur was not available for comment.
The eruption follows intense seismic activity in recent days and is classified as a fissure eruption, which typically does not result in large explosions or a significant amount of ash in the stratosphere, the Icelandic government said in a statement late Monday. .
