Volcano profile

Iceland

Fagradalsfjall.

Volcano profile for Fagradalsfjall 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
Fissure vent
Elevation
250 m
Last documented eruption
2023
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 0 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
63.895°, -22.258°
GVP number
371032

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No current eruption report

Iceland

Fagradalsfjall

Fissure vent

Elevation
250 m
Last documented eruption
2023
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
63.895°, -22.258°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
371032
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Fagradalsfjall · Iceland

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
10 Jul 20235 Aug 20230Confirmed eruption
3 Aug 202221 Aug 20220Confirmed eruption
19 Mar 202118 Sep 20210Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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.

Fagradalsfjall · No current eruption report · 250 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Keflavik International AirportIceland · KEF · BIKF
    19.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Reykjavík Domestic AirportIceland · RKV · BIRK
    30.3 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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

Nearby places

ReykjanesbaerIceland · 18.7 km

KeflavikIceland · 19.2 km

HafnarfjordurIceland · 24.7 km

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

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC