The eruption Eyjafjallajökull near the glacier, which began late Saturday, throwing smoke for up to four miles high and gradually intensifies, said geophysicist Steinunn Jakobsdottir to a local newspaper.
Another scientist said be concerned that the activity could cause an eruption on Mount Katla, a volcano “very powerful” resting under a nearby glacier.
“Eyjafjallajökull hardly move without the Monte Katla want into action, “said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland. “Therefore, it is extremely important to monitor events closely,” he said.
An eruption at Mount Katla large quantities could melt ice and cause massive floodi1000ng, affecting a city in the vicinity of 300 inhabitants, Einarsson said.
Eyjafjallajökull Three previous eruptions at Mount Katla eruptions unleashed.
On Sunday, rescue teams evacuated 500 people in the rural area near the volcano and the police declared a state of local emergency. International flights were diverted due to the risk that ash clouds interfere with the navigation systems of aircraft.
There were no injuries or property damage.
Iceland is located on a volcanic center in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and rashes reported relatively frequently, although most occur in sparsely populated areas and pose a lesser danger to people or property. The last eruption in Iceland occurred in 2004.
(Reporting by Omar Valdimarsson, published in Spanish by Jon Boyle)
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