A 5.2-magnitude “earthquake swarm” and lava eruptions closed a popular Icelandic tourist destination and evacuated several communities around the country's Reykjanes Peninsula. The initial earthquake ...

Iceland faces its 11th eruption and yet some people in Grindavík refuse to leave their homes, despite requests from authorities.

Tourists and residents have been evacuated as a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland, threatening a town and popular ...

Foreign Office advice stops well short of advising against travel to Iceland, meaning holiday companies can continue to ...

Iceland sits on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, a hotspot of geological activity where tectonic plates diverge, making the island nation particularly vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula ...

A town and popular tourist attraction has been evacuated in Iceland after a volcano erupted near the nation’s capital, sending orange flames and smoke in the air.

Geologists with Iceland's Meteorological Office warned a week ago that another eruption at the active Sundhnúkur crater row was likely as seismic activity increased in recent weeks. Magma was ...

A warning has been issued to tourists in Iceland as magma accumulates underground near Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. Authorities have issue an alert that a volcanic eruption has started.

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland on Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist site, as lava and smoke poured from a newly opened fissure.

Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.