Magnitude 3,1 earthquake in Tjörnes fracture Zone (TFZ)

Today (04-February-2016) an magnitude 3,1 earthquake took place in south Tjörnes Fracture Zone. I don’t know if this earthquake was felt in nearby village of Kópasker.

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The earthquake swarm on Tjörnes Fracture Zone, the green star is the magnitude 3,1 earthquake. Copyright of this image belongs to Iceland Met Office.

This earthquake swarm has now been going on for almost a month now and there doesn’t seems to be any sign of this earthquake swarm stopping any time soon. The activity drops at times, but always continues, even at low levels. Activity did increase after the magnitude 3,1 earthquake, but it has since dropped again into the same low it was before. I do expect this earthquake activity to continue.

2 Replies to “Magnitude 3,1 earthquake in Tjörnes fracture Zone (TFZ)”

  1. Seems quite quiet (than of late) at Tjornes, have noticed the M3.5 at Bardabunga around 9:30 this morning… only 100 meters depth.

  2. Oh… hi!

    Wednesday
    10.02.2016 04:10:18 64.032 -18.500 4.0 km 0.7 99.0 13.6 km WSW of Laki

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