Category Archives: Swarm

Minor earthquakes in Katla and Bárðarbunga volcanoes

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Jón Frímann

There has been minor earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano and Katla volcano for the past few days. This is just a short overview of this earthquake activity. Bárðarbunga volcano A minor dike intrusion took place in Bárðarbunga volcano … Continue reading →

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Interesting earthquake swarm south of Grímsfjall volcano

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Interesting earthquake activity took place in Vatnajökull glacier today (03.06.2013). This earthquake activity took place just south of Grímsfjall volcano, that last erupted in the year 2011. The earthquake activity south of Grímsfjall volcano. Copyright of this image … Continue reading →

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Minor earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes Ridge on the 29th of May

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Jón Frímann

On the 29th of May (2013) a minor earthquake swarm took place on the Reykjanes Ridge. The largest earthquake in this swarm had the magnitude of 2.3, the depth range in this earthquake swarm was about 5.5 to … 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 swarm deep off the south coast of Iceland

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Yesterday (02.05.2013) at 06:08 UTC there was a earthquake swarm deep off the south coast of Iceland. This earthquake swarm was around 300 km south of Iceland. I do not know if there are any volcanoes in this … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity in Hekla, Katla, Krísuvík and Bárðarbunga volcanoes

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Jón Frímann

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Earthquake activity in Hekla, Askja volcanoes and TFZ

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jón Frímann

Before I start. I want to remind people that donations are import to me. Since they help me keeping this blog and my earthquake web page up and running. Hekla volcano earthquake activity A minor earthquake activity took … 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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Update on the TFZ earthquake swarm at 01:01 UTC

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on the earthquake swarm in TFZ. This is going to be a long earthquake swarm from the looks of it (currently). The earthquake swarm in TFZ continues as it has been doing for … Continue reading →

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