Iceland's seismic monitors say the eruption created a fissure around 3 kilometers, but they estimated the eruption was considerably smaller than the previous eruption in August.

Iceland's volcanoes are active once more, with the latest eruption happening on the Reykjanes Peninsula in the southwest of the country, according to

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.