{"id":10101,"date":"2022-05-19T15:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=10101"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:00:21","slug":"earthquake-swarm-north-of-grindavik-ongoing-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=10101","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm north of Grindav\u00edk (ongoing activity)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday (18-May-2022) I forgot to write about the earthquake activity that is ongoing north of Grindav\u00edk town. This earthquake activity is either in the new dyke that has formed or ongoing path of the dyke in Svartsengi that has now reached north of Grindav\u00edk town. I don&#8217;t know what applies here. <a href=\"https:\/\/skjalftalisa.vedur.is\/#\/page\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skj\u00e1lftal\u00edsa<\/a> map that Icelandic Met Office has strongly suggests a second dyke, but the results are bit unclear. In the area east of \u00deorbj\u00f6rn is a older eruption fissure, I don&#8217;t know when it erupted, but it might have been as early as 12th to 13th century.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10104\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220519_1440.png\" alt=\"Six green stars north of Grindav\u00edk town, Few red dots show smaller earthquaeks.\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220519_1440.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220519_1440-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six green stars north of Grindav\u00edk town. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday (18-May-2022) total of five earthquakes happened with magnitude larger than Mw3,0. Largest earthquake had a magnitude of Mw3,5. Today (19-May-2022) at the writing of this article, only one earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,0 has happened. Earthquake activity seems to be slowing down. I am not sure why that is.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDonations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work with donations. Everything helps me to get trough the month. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday (18-May-2022) I forgot to write about the earthquake activity that is ongoing north of Grindav\u00edk town. This earthquake activity is either in the new dyke that has formed or ongoing path of the dyke in Svartsengi that has now reached north of Grindav\u00edk town. I don&#8217;t know what applies here. 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