Close up image of the earthquake activity from Skj\u00e1lfta L\u00edsa earthquake viewer on Icelandic Met Office website. This only shows reviewed earthquakes. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThere is a risk of stronger earthquakes in this area. If this earthquakes are going to be felt in populated areas is unlikely unless this earthquake activity gets really big. Since this earthquake activity is far from the coastline and there’s almost no population in this parts of Iceland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today (15. December 2022) an earthquake swarm has been going around 45 km east of location known as Fonti in eastern Iceland. This location is out in the ocean and its unclear why this earthquake activity is happening. There are no volcanoes in this part of Iceland and no known fault areas. Since this is … <\/p>\n
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