Recent Volcano Eruption 2024 Eruption. The eruption began at 8:23 p.m. A volcanic fissure on iceland’s reykjanes peninsula reawakened in late may 2024.

Then, two more discrete volcanic events occurred at fagradalsfjall in 2022 and 2023. Why iceland’s latest eruption may be the most dangerous in recent history the december 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more.