Volcano and earthquake activity in Iceland
Today (28. November 2023) at 05:56 UTC an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,5 took place in Vatnafjöll mountain area. This is in a area that had a magnitude Mw5,0 earthquake few years ago. This might be an aftershock.
There was a small earthquake swarm following this earthquake. I haven’t seen any reports that this earthquake was felt by anyone.
Today (13-December-2021) at 16:04 UTC an earthquake swarm started in Vatnafjöll mountains. This looks like a aftershock activity from the Mw5,2 earthquake in this area few weeks back. Three earthquakes with magnitude above Mw3,0 took place. The earthquake magnitudes where Mw3,0 (at 16:04), magnitude Mw3,2 (at 16:07) and magnitude Mw3,5 (at 16:08).
There continues to be a risk of more aftershocks in this area. It remains a question if there is going to be a stronger earthquake activity in this area in next few weeks.
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At 03:17 UTC on 26-November-2021 an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,5 took place in Vatnafjöll mountains that are south of Hekla volcano. This earthquake was not felt or it was not reported to Icelandic Met Office.
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