
The eruption halted sometime during the last night at about 01:00 AM local time.
No lava has been emerging from the chain of fissure vents since then, which is also confirmed in the webcam views. The short-lived activity lasted for over 43 hours.
It is concluded that the eruption is considered the smallest-scale of five eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021, although the size and volume of the lava flow measurements are still waiting. Despite its small size, the most expected worst-case scenario became real as the town of Grindavík was impacted by the eruption. The lava flow from the second fissure destroyed three houses.
Magma has been accumulating within the shallow vertical fissure-shaped intrusion, known as dyke, throughout yesterday, meaning that a new batch of magma may propagate anytime without any precursor, and what is the worst here is that it (still) could reach the surface right beneath the town of Grindavik, i.e. the likelihood of another eruption is still in place.
The area around Svartsengi continues to inflate.