Today (27. December 2022) an earthquake swarm took place in Fagradalsfjall volcano. This earthquake swarm was small in magnitude, as most earthquake swarms are in Fagardalsfjall volcano.
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Earthquake swarm in Reykjanes volcano
Yesterday (26. December 2022) an earthquake swarm took place in Reykjanes volcano. Just on the Reykjanestá area. This earthquake swarm was mostly in the ocean and on the Reykjanes ridge but some earthquakes where on the Reykjanes peninsula on land.
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Earthquake in Grímsfjall volcano
During the night of 27. December 2022 an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,2 took place in Grímsfjall volcano. This was just a single earthquake and no aftershocks or any other earthquake activity has taken place after this earthquake activity.
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Merry Christmas 2022
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas 2022 and I hope the holidays are good.
Small earthquake swarm activity in Fagradalsfjall volcano
Today (24. December 2022) an small earthquake swarm took place in Fagradalsfjall volcano. Only one earthquake did reach magnitude of Mw1,0. Most depth in this earthquake swarm had a depth of 14,5 km and up to 6,8 km depth.
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Earthquake swarm in Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcano
Today (21. December 2022) an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,4 took place in Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcano. This earthquake is because of inflation in Fagradalsfjall volcano. This possibly means that the inflation in Fagradalsfjall volcano is reaching critical point and might result in a eruption soon, when that point is reached is difficult to know.
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Earthquake swarm 3 km north of Grindavík town
Today (19. December 2022) and yesterday (18. December 2022) an earthquake swarm took place 3 km north of Grindavík town in the Reykjanes volcano. Largest earthquake had a magnitude of Mw2,9 and was felt in Grindavík. Earthquakes with magnitude Mw2,0 are felt in Grindavík, possibly even smaller earthquakes. At the writing of this article, this earthquake swarm is ongoing but weather is blocking almost all of the automatic earthquake detection.
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Earthquake swarm continues 47 km east of Fonti in Eastern Iceland
During the night and today (18. December 2022) the earthquake swarm around 47 km east of Fonti in Eastern Iceland continued. Largest earthquake at the writing of this article had magnitude of Mw3,3 but another and few smaller earthquakes, but with magnitude of Mw3,1 took place in the same location. Several earthquakes with magnitude above Mw2,5 also took place.
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Earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,8 in Katla volcano
Today (18. December 2022) at 11:08 UTC an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,8 took place in Katla volcano. This earthquake was felt, I don’t know if it was felt in Vík í Mýrdal. This is the largest earthquake in Katla volcano in a while.
There has been some earthquake activity with minor earthquakes following this strong earthquake. But it has been minimal at the writing of this article.
Magnitude Mw3,1 earthquake in Katla volcano
Today (16. December 2022) at 21:44 UTC an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,1 took place in Katla volcano. This seems to be a single earthquake at the writing of this article.
This earthquake activity seems to be normal and there is nothing to suggests that more is going to happen in Katla volcano at this time.