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Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge on 19th of May, increased volcano monitoring in Iceland and more
I am sorry for lack of blog posts for the past few days, the reasons for this lack of blog post is that it has been quiet in Iceland for past two weeks. Money issues have also been … Continue reading
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Strong earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes Ridge
Last night a earthquake swarm started on the Reykjanes Ridge, this earthquake swarm started slowly with just few minor earthquakes. It however did pick up later today with stronger earthquakes and more activity. Strong earthquakes in this swarm … Continue reading
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Two earthquakes on Reykjanes ridge
During the night and last night (20.03.2013) there where two earthquakes on the Reykjanes ridge. Location of this earthquakes is not the same and several hundreds of km between them. So they are in fact not connected at … Continue reading
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Earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge
Today (20.03.2013) at 10:51 UTC an earthquake swarm started on the Reykjanes ridge. This earthquake swarm was about 850 km away from Reykjavík so it was not felt. This also gives little information on what is happening in … Continue reading
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake deep on the Reykjanes Ridge
During the night there was an earthquake deep on the Reykjanes ridge. This earthquake had the magnitude of 4.8 according to automatic result from EMSC. The earthquake on the Reykjanes ridge. Copyright of this image belongs to EMSC. … Continue reading
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Minor earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge
A minor earthquake swarm started on Reykjanes Ridge today. So far no earthquake has had the magnitude 3.0 or larger. The largest earthquake so far has had the magnitude 2.8. The depth of this earthquake swarm is around … Continue reading
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Earthquakes deep on the Reykjanes Ridge
Yesterday (20.01.2013) there where few medium sized earthquakes deep on the Reykjanes Ridge. This earthquakes where far off the coast of Iceland (around 1340 km from Reykjavík). So this earthquake swarm is just being noticed on instruments. What … Continue reading
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Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge last night (16.09.2012)
Last night there was an earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge. Possibly on one of the volcanoes that are in this area of Iceland. The earthquake swarm lasted for several hours. Strongest earthquakes in this swarm had the magnitude … Continue reading
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Earthquakes deep south on the Reykjanes Ridge [Updated]
During last night there has been some earthquake activity deep south on Reykjanes Ridge. This earthquake activity is far from the south coast of Iceland so it has not been noticed by any people. It has only appeared … Continue reading
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Earthquakes in Katla volcano. Earthquake swarm continues close to Herðubreið. Other earthquake activity
This morning there was a short earthquake swarm in Katla volcano caldera. This earthquake looks like a minor dike intrusion did take place this morning. Current series of events did start on 28. April 2012. With a small … Continue reading