Volcano profile

Iceland

Reykjanes.

Volcano profile for Reykjanes in Iceland, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Crater rows
Elevation
140 m
Last documented eruption
2025
Coordinates
63.817°, -22.717°
GVP number
371020

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Iceland

Reykjanes

Crater rows

Elevation
140 m
Last documented eruption
2025
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
63.817°, -22.717°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
371020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Reykjanes · Iceland

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Jul 20255 Aug 20250Confirmed eruption
1 Apr 20251 Apr 20250Confirmed eruption
18 Dec 20238 Dec 20241Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1970Uncertain datingNot available0Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1966Not available0Uncertain eruption
13 Mar 183016 Mar 18313Confirmed eruption
1 May 178315 Aug 1783^3Confirmed eruption
15 Jul 1583Not available?2Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Reykjanes · No current eruption report · 140 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Keflavik International AirportIceland · KEF · BIKF
    19.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Reykjavík Domestic AirportIceland · RKV · BIRK
    51.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

ReykjanesbaerIceland · 21.5 km

KeflavikIceland · 22.2 km

HafnarfjordurIceland · 47.1 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC