In the southern part of Iceland, a volcano erupted Saturday evening, near the city of Reykjavik. More than four hundred residents left the area to escape the flying ash and hot lava. The volcano was located in a fissure of an iceberg where there was no ice. Because the eruption took place in this area there was no severe loss of ice on the glacier and fears of it melting have ceased.

Icelandic authorities have called for a further evacuation of the area on the chance that a second, much larger eruption may take place. Currently, there has been no serious damage or harm caused by this eruption.

Iceland is located n the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This makes it a hot spot for volcanic activities. There are 130 known active volcanoes on the island nation. Iceland, for the last 500 years, has been responsible for over 33% of the total lava output in the world.

The eruption continues two days later, as plumes of lava have been seen shooting up from the fissure as early as 7:00 am Monday. This volcano has erupted 3 other times in the last thousand years. Authorities are watching closely because each of the other eruptions from this volcano was always a predecessor to a large eruption from the nearby volcano known as Kalta.