Category Archives: Geophone network

Typical geophone station that I run

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Here is a picture of a typical geophone station that I run in Iceland. This is the computer and other needed hardware on the Böðvarshólar geophone station that I am running. This hardware used to be the Hvammstangi … Continue reading →

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Hvammstangi geophone has been fixed

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Jón Frímann

It turns out that the fault with Hvammstangi geophone station was a software issue. Not a hardware issue. I have now fixed this after instructions from the manufacturer of the hardware. This was a software bug. If this … Continue reading →

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Hardware failure in Hvammstangi geophone

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Jón Frímann

In accordance with rules of bad timing. The Hvammstangi geophone station has had a bad hardware failure. What exactly has failed I am not sure of yet. But currently the geophone station does not power up. So the … Continue reading →

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Changes to the geophone network in December 2012

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Jón Frímann

The following changes are going to be made to the geophone network in December. The Hvammstangi geophone station is being decommissioned. The hardware is going to be moved to new location. That is going to be a new … Continue reading →

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Geophone network is going to stay up

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jón Frímann

I have changed my mind on taking the geophone network down. The main reason being that data is valuable. The data that I am collecting today has value. I did not release this until this morning. After I … Continue reading →

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End of my geophone network in December 2012

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Jón Frímann

It is not easy for me to make this decision. But I have dedicated to end my geophone network as it is today in December 2012. The reason is cost of running it. I just can’t afford it. … Continue reading →

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Earthquake traces of the magnitude Mw5.6 earthquake

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Here are the earthquake traces of the magnitude Mw5.6 earthquake that took place in TFZ on 21.10.2012 at 01:24 UTC. I did detect this earthquake in all of my geophone stations in Iceland. The Mw5.6 earthquake in TFZ. … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity update on 20.10.2012 at 14:51 UTC

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Today (20.10.2012) has been busy in terms of earthquake activity in Iceland. So I am expecting to write a second update later today on this activity. Hekla volcano At 05:28 UTC there was an earthquake in Hekla volcano. … Continue reading →

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Update on Geophone network plan

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Jón Frímann

I sometimes change my mind on my plans. I have changed my mind on turning off my geophone network in Iceland. After 10 years I am not going to be shutting it down. But I am going to … Continue reading →

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Few words on my geophone network

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Jón Frímann

I run a small geophone network in Iceland. This geophone network won’t be getting any bigger any time soon. I have two reasons for that statement. I cannot get hardware that I need to build my geophone network. … Continue reading →

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