Month: December 2025

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Earthquake in Torfajökull volcano

A earthquake with the magnitude of Mw3,3 took place in Torfajökull voclano at 02:42 UTC on 20-December 2025. A second earthquake with magnitude of Mw2,5 took place at 03:12 UTC. After this, there has not been any more earthquake activity in Torfajökull volcano.

Green star in Torfajökull volcano. That is located north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
Green star in Torfajökull voclano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.

More earthquake activity in this location or nearby location can’t be ruled out. Bad weather might block recording of those earthquakes, since the weather forecast for next few days is not good.

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Earthquake activity in Hamarinn volcano

Today (06-December 2025) at 10:10 and 10:13 UTC two earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,1 and Mw4,0 took place in Hamarinn volcano. This was followed by few smaller earthquakes in the same area.

Two green stars on top of each other in western Vatnajökull glacier. This is in Hamarinn volcano.
Two green stars in Hamarinn volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.

No other activity has happened following this earthquake activity. There has not been any change in harmonic tremor levels. I am not expecting more activity at the writing of this article.