Information in this article is going to get outdated quickly.
When this is written there have been 999 earthquakes in the last 48 hours in the area that is east of Grímsey island when this article is written. Most earthquakes are small in magnitude but can possibly be felt by the population in Grímsey island (~86 people).
The earthquake swarm east of Grímsey island. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
Dense earthquake swarm. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
This earthquake activity shows no signs of stopping as of writing of this article. Largest earthquakes in the last 24 hours have the magnitude of 3,1 – 4,1 and total of 12 earthquakes with magnitude above 3,0 have happened so far.
This article is going to be updated today if needed.
Update at 19:13 UTC
Total number of earthquakes is now at 1303. It is possible that I wrote the wrong number when I wrote this article earlier today. I might have been reading the wrong line.
Article updated at 19:13 UTC.