DHAKA: After an earthquake swarm in the area, the Bardarbunga volcano erupted Friday in Iceland.

However, a Code Red aviation travel warning with a no-fly zone was issued Friday by the Met Office there.

Moreover, earlier another volcano also erupted on the day same in Papua New Guinea, causing evacuations and a disruption for international flights in the region.

The Iceland eruption started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull, which is located in northern Vatnajökull, just after midnight Friday, local time, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said, reports the Accuweather.

It said that scientists who are in the area close to the eruption estimate that the volcanic fissure in Holuhraun is about 1 km (0.62 miles) long, the Iceland Civil Protection Department said.

Though, no volcanic ash had been detected with the radar system in the area, officials said. But, a Code Red aviation travel warning with a no-fly zone was issued Friday by the Met Office.

The office said a significant emission of ash into the atmosphere was likely. Akureyri airport is no longer under restrictions and the height of the zone now only reaches 5,000 feet.

Ice crevasses formed Wednesday in advance of Friday's eruption, officials from the Met Office, the Institute of Earth Sciences and Civil Protection said. The crevasses or cauldrons were likely formed due to melting at the ice bottom.

Earlier, a magnitude-5.0 earthquake was reported at 8:13 a.m. local time in the Bardarbunga area, Civil Protection and the United States Geological Survey reported.

A volcano was also erupted Friday in Papua New Guinea, causing evacuations and a disruption for international flights in the region, an international news agency reported.

They said Mount Tavurvur erupted in Rabaul district on East New Britain Island.

BDST: 1616 HRS, AUG 29, 2014