Watch: Iceland witnesses second volcanic eruption in less than two months

The southwestern, Iceland on January 14 witnessed the second volcanic eruption in less than two months. The volcano erupted after the region was shaken by a series of tremors. The molten red amber lava was seen flowing towards the nearby community.

The community was evacuated overnight, Iceland’s RUV television reported.

“Lava is flowing a few hundred meters north of the town, this is 400 to 500 meters,‘’ Kristín Jónsdóttir from the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Iceland’s RUV television.

Residents of Grindavik were previously evacuated from their homes in November and had to stay away from the town for six weeks following a series of earthquakes and an eventual volcanic eruption.

They were allowed to return on Dec. 22.

Iceland, which sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic, averages an eruption every four to five years.

The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed huge clouds of ash into the atmosphere and led to widespread airspace closures over Europe.