In the wake of nearly 800 intense earthquakes in southwest Iceland, a state of emergency has been declared, urging evacuations in the coastal town of Grindavík. Authorities speculate a potential volcanic eruption, as a magma tunnel forms, heightening concerns about a breach that could impact the region.
The eruption began at Moku aweoweo, the volcano s summit caldera, at 11.30 p.m. on Sunday, the first since 1984, Xinhua news agency quoted the US National Park Service as saying in an update on Monday.
The world's largest volcano sitting on Hawaii's landscape has remained active for at least the last 700,000 years, but it has not had an eruption since 1984.