Yesterday (10-September-2017) at 21:40 UTC a magnitude (Mw) 5,9 earthquake (EMSC information here) took place deep south on the Reykjanes ridge. No aftershocks have appeared on USGS or EMSC that I am aware of. They must have happened but due to distance from land this earthquake activity was not detected.
The magnitude 5.9 earthquake deep on the Reykjanes ridge as it appeared on my geophone in Böðvarshólar. This image is under Creative Commons licence. Please see CC licence page for more details.
The magnitude 5.9 earthquake deep on the Reykjanes ridge as it appeared on my geophone in Heklubyggð. This image is under Creative Commons licence. Please see CC licence page for more details.
The distance this earthquake took place from Reykjavík is 1004 km. Only thing it did was to scare some fish at most. It is impossible to know if anything more happens at this location. It might or it might not.
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Article updated on 12-September-2017 at 00:56 UTC. Added a link that I had forgotten.
On 1 September, there were a few eq:s in approximately same location; magnitudes 4.7, 4.9 and 5.7, according to USGS.
Location is pretty much the same, but there were actually a few more EQs on 1 september than those three listed above.
Here’s a link to a screen caption:
http://i.imgur.com/bfxjSiy.png
This is interesting. I normally don’t write about earthquakes this far from Iceland. It is however quiet at the moment in Iceland and nothing special to write about at the moment.
is it just me or are the drumplots broken? I see them stuck at around 4am
Its not you. I did just check Iceland Met Office Drumplots and they are also stuck at 04:00 ish time for me. At least my webicorders continue to update normally.
I hope they didn’t stop updating the drumplots. But it is difficult to know, as it is not a priority for IMO to keep them running.
My webicorders.
http://www.jonfr.com/webicorders/tremoren.htm
It looks like the Icelandic Met Office website is down
4,9 at Reykjanes Ridge 5 quakes in a short period.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000al6d#executive
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Does anyone here know what’s going on with the Conductivity at Mýrdalsjökull? Seems to be doing sharp spikes going upwards then moments later another sharp spike downwards before going up again, instead of the usual small spikes or gradual climb. Though the levels are still only around 150 and 170.