Category Archives: Dike intrusion

Earthquake swarm off the coast of Azores Islands (São Miguel & Terceira)

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Jón Frímann

On the 11-April-2014 an earthquake with the magnitude of 4,8 (EMSC says 4,7, link here) took place in the Azores Islands cluster (off the coast). Many smaller earthquakes have been recorded since the medium earthquake took place, over the past … Continue reading →

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Earthquake swarm in El Hierro volcano, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Jón Frímann

A new earthquake swarm has started in El Hierro volcano, Canary Islands, Spain. So far this earthquake swarm is small, the largest earthquake only have magnitude 2.5. This earthquake swarm depth is only around 10 to 15 km at the … Continue reading →

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Earthquake activity in Greenland and El Hierro volcano, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Jón Frímann

On the 11th of April 2013 a magnitude 4.9 earthquake did take place in Greenland at 23:11 UTC. This earthquake had the magnitude 4.9 and the depth of at least 10 km. This is the second earthquake in this area … Continue reading →

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Update on El Hierro volcano at 11:26 UTC

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on activity in El Hierro volcano. There have been welcomed to days of quiet days in El Hierro volcano in Canary Islands. After heavy earthquake activity in the volcano for the past two weeks. The … Continue reading →

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Update on El Hierro volcano at 23:55 UTC

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a update on El Hierro volcano activity. The largest earthquake in El Hierro volcano happened today (31.03.2013) at 10:59 UTC. This earthquake was clearly felt in El Hierro Island. It also caused rock slides and other loose material … Continue reading →

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Update on El Hierro volcano at 01:08 UTC

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on El Hierro volcano. I am sorry for just short updates at the moment. But the current events in El Hierro volcano make it hard to know for sure what is going on. So the … Continue reading →

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El Hierro volcano update at 01:25 UTC

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on El Hierro volcano. Yesterday from around 21:50 UTC to around 23:00 UTC there was a earthquake swarm in El Hierro volcano. The strongest earthquake swarm this time around had the magnitude 4.1 with the … Continue reading →

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El Hierro volcano update at 22:48 UTC

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on activity in El Hierro volcano. There is currently major earthquake activity taking place in El Hierro volcano. I do not know yet if this is going to result in a eruption or not. But … Continue reading →

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El Hierro volcano update at 22:29 UTC (and more)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Jón Frímann

I am sorry for this late update. But I was having computer problems earlier. I do not know yet if I have fixed them or not. But I hope so. If anyone on El Hierro Island wants to setup it’s … Continue reading →

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El Hierro volcano update at 19:50 UTC

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Jón Frímann

This is a short update on activity in El Hierro volcano at 19:28 UTC. If anything major happens I am going to try and write about it soon as possible. The strongest earthquake in the past few hours is a … Continue reading →

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