Day: December 22, 2017

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Article schedule over the Christmas days and New years

Here is the article schedule for Christmas days and the New years.

23rd December. Normal posting of articles if anything happens.
24th December. One automatic article. Otherwise no new articles.
25th December. No new articles.
26th December. No new articles.
27th – 30th December. Normal posting of articles if something happens.
31st December. No New articles.
1st January 2018. One automatic article. No new articles.
2nd January (until next holiday season). Normal posting of articles if something happens.

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Minor earthquake swarm on TFZ (Tjörnes Fracture Zone)

During the night of 22-December-2017 a minor earthquake swarm took place south-east of Flatey Island on TFZ (Tjörnes Fracture Zone). This was not a large earthquake swarm.


The earthquake swarm south-east of Flatey Island on TFZ. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.

Largest earthquake in this swarm had the magnitude of 1,9 and the second largest had the magnitude of 1,5. All other earthquakes where smaller in magnitude.

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