Category Archives: Monitoring

Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge on 19th of May, increased volcano monitoring in Iceland and more

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Jón Frímann

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

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Jón Frímann

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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Earthquake activity in Hekla, Katla, Krísuvík and Bárðarbunga volcanoes

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Before I start. I want to remind people that donations help me to keep this blog up and running. I only have social welfare from Iceland and that is barley enough to make end meets. Just 10€ go … Continue reading →

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Earthquake swarm north of Kolbeinsey island

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Around 11:00 UTC a earthquake swarm started just north of Kolbeinsey island. This earthquake swarm looks rather powerful. But due to distance from land only the largest earthquakes are appearing on the SIL network and on my geophone … Continue reading →

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Less earthquake activity in Tjörnes Fracture Zone

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Yesterday (09.April 2013) there has been less activity in Tjörnes Fracture Zone. The largest earthquakes yesterday did have the magnitude 4.0 and 3.3. A smaller earthquake with the magnitude 3.1 also took place. Many other smaller earthquakes also … Continue reading →

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Minor dike intrusion in Bárðarbunga volcano

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Today (05.04.2013) a minor earthquake swarm took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. The depth of this earthquakes was around 18 – 26 km. Meaning this is magma, rather then tectonic creating this earthquakes. None of this earthquakes had magnitude … Continue reading →

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Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Hamarinn volcano

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Last night (05.04.2013) at 01:50 UTC a magnitude 3.6 earthquake took place in Hamarinn volcano (no GVP profile yet!). This earthquake had the depth of 2.1 km. This seems to be a dike intrusion taking place in Hamarinn … Continue reading →

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Update on the TFZ earthquake swarm at 18:31 UTC

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on the TFZ earthquake swarm. There is no point in making a long update about what is taking place in TFZ at the moment. Since information gets outdated quickly during this earthquake swarm. … Continue reading →

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Information on the magnitude 5.5 earthquake in TFZ

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short blog post about the earthquake swarm in Tjörnes Fraction Zone. The largest earthquake so far is a magnitude 5.5. The largest aftershocks so far are magnitude 4.4 that took place at 01:14 UTC and … Continue reading →

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Deep earthquakes in Askja and Kverkfjöll volcanoes

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a update for both Askja and Kverkfjöll volcanoes. Since they both had deep earthquakes today. None of this earthquakes where larger then magnitude 1.0. There depth was around 22 to 24 km inside the volcanoes them … Continue reading →

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