The surveillance camera recorded the exact moment of the volcanic eruption in Iceland, at approximately 4 km northeast of the town of Grindavik, which had already been evacuated.

In the minute-long video you can see the first flash of the eruption, which intensifies. until it becomes the dominant light of the landscape.

The camera then zooms in on where the action is taking place and You can clearly see the lava forcefully bursting out of the fissure.

Volcanic eruption activity in Iceland is stable and has not changed since last night. It may even subside in the next few days. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) and experts, perhaps until the weekend.

The eruption is no longer continuous and has decreased slightly since the volcano began spewing magma Monday night. cracks about 4 kilometers long on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 4 kilometers northeast of the evacuated town of Grindavik.

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Mostly Magna now comes out of one or two magma chimneys, up from three the night before, according to the digital edition of Icelandic public radio and television station RÚV.

From six in the morning only six earthquakes were recorded on the Reykjanes Peninsula; one of them reached magnitude 1.2, and the rest had a lower magnitude.

Civil Defense will report this. Evolution of Icelandic volcano activity at around 14:00 GMT at Skogarlid Rescue Centre, near Reykjavik.

Volcanologist Thorvaldur Thordarson noted that although the evolution of a volcano is difficult to predict, “There are many signs that this will be a short-lived eruption. which may end in the coming days, even until the weekend,” reports RÚV.

In his opinion, there is the probability of further opening of the crack is low after a decrease in activity.

He also sees little or no chance of an eruption in Grindavik or his surroundings.

IMO disaster expert Sigridur Magnea Oskarsdottir also confirmed this. eruptive activity subsides and who believes that there is now only a chimney spitting lava.

Infrastructure likely to be threatened by volcanic eruption, according to new lava flow models are around the road connecting Grindavik to the north of the peninsula, heating pipes and electrical infrastructure.

The town of Grindavik, which was already evacuated on November 10, seems, at least for now, not be at risk from lava flow, which moves north, away from the city.

The mayor of Grindavik, Fannar Jonasson, said yesterday after a meeting at the Ministry of Infrastructure that Residents want to build defensive structures north of the city.

In your opinion, more than a hundred families They urgently need housing until January.

Iceland’s former president from 1996 to 2016, Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter) that the lava flow model now predicts that magma can destroy several infrastructure facilities in Grindavik in a week.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)