Icelandic volcano erupts for the seventh time in a year

Icelandic volcano erupts for the seventh time in a year
The eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland (Marco di Marco/AP)

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in south-western Iceland has spewed lava from a fissure in its seventh eruption since December.

The eruption started with little warning at 11.14pm local time on Wednesday and created a fissure around 1.8 miles long but was estimated to be considerably smaller than the previous eruption in August, Iceland’s meteorological office that monitors seismic activity said.

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