Posted on by Jón Frímann

Earthquake swarm close to Eldeyjarboða on Reykjanes ridge

Today (9. December 2023) at 05:55 UTC to 06:44 UTC an earthquake swarm took place deep on the Reykjanes ridge. This earthquake swarm is far from the coast so smaller earthquakes where not detected by Icelandic Met Office. Largest earthquake in this swarm had a magnitude of Mw3,8.

Green star and yellow dots far from the coast of Reykjanes peninsula. This is far out in the ocean.
Earthquake activity deep on Reykjanes ridge. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.

This is in a volcano, its unclear if this is in the volcano Eldeyjarboði or a different unnamed volcano. This earthquake swarm seems to have stopped by now.