The Icelandic Met Office has released a map showing the progression of lava flows from the ongoing eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Created using satellite imagery captured at 6:16 a.m. local time on Thursday,

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.

A volcano near Iceland’s capital erupted on Wednesday night, becoming the seventh such event in the area since December.