Monthly Archives: April 2012

Moving to shared hosting in progress

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jón Frímann

The progress of moving from dedicated hosting to shared hosting has started. When that part has finished I am going to update the DNS information. That progress might take up to 2 days to finish updating for everyone. … Continue reading →

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Moving web hosts again due to budget issues

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Due to lack of money (I am doing this before I get seriously broke again). Because there is not enough traffic or donations to keep me on dedicated server. I am going back to shared hosting. This is … Continue reading →

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Short earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jón Frímann

This morning there was an short earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes Ridge. This earthquake swarm only lasted for about 1 hour. The largest earthquake had the size around ML3.1 (automatic size estimate). The earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity close to Hekla volcano

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Yesterday there was an interesting swarm of small earthquakes in Hekla volcano system, or to be accurate. The earthquake swarm took place on the edge of Hekla volcano system. How far into the SISZ it was I do … Continue reading →

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Earthquake swarm in Hengill volcano

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Yesterday (21.04.2012) an earthquake swarm started in Hengill volcano at 18:57 UTC on 21.04.2012. The area in question is well known for having earthquakes swarms during past few months. It seems that this earthquake swarm is not over, … Continue reading →

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Donations for Skeiðflöt geophone station needed

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jón Frímann

I have been having issues with Skeiðflöt geophone stations for the past few months. The problems is that I use WLAN (Wireless Network) to get the data from the geophone to the internet, and soon to my main … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes recorded in Snæfellsjökull volcano

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Snæfellsjökull volcano is not often in the news in Iceland. But today there was a short news about it due a study that was done last summer on earthquake activity in Snæfellsjökull volcano. The study was to see … Continue reading →

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Askja lake ice-free mystery deepens

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Jón Frímann

A short update on Askja volcano ice-free lake. There have been news about the tour of geologist to Askja lake this week in the news. So far the result are puzzling. It turns out that Askja lake is … Continue reading →

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Ice free Askja lake due to increased hydro-thermal activity

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jón Frímann

According to news on Rúv scientists are now on there way up to Askja volcano to see what is going on and why Askja volcano has become ice-free. But it now believed that increased hydro-thermal activity in Askja … Continue reading →

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Harmonic tremor event in Hamarinn volcano

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Jón Frímann

Tonight there was an small harmonic tremor event in Hamarinn volcano (Loki-Fögrufjöll, Bárðarbunga). This event was not big. But did appear on the Skrokkalda SIL station and on Grímsfjall SIL station. The pattern that is now appearing is … Continue reading →

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