{"id":11387,"date":"2023-07-07T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11387"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:50:54","slug":"update-on-earthquake-activity-close-to-eldey-island-on-reykjanes-ridge-on-7th-july-2023-at-1331-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11387","title":{"rendered":"Update on earthquake activity close to Eldey island on Reykjanes ridge on 7th July 2023 at 13:31 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short update because there&#8217;s a lot going on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Largest earthquake during the last 24 hours close to Eldey island had a magnitude of Mw4,5.<\/li>\n<li>This earthquake swarm looks like a dyke intrusion. Since the area is out in the ocean it is impossible to be sure.<\/li>\n<li>Difficult to know if an eruption is going to happen in this area. If an eruption happens, effects are unlikely to be big because of ocean depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11388\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230707_1310.png\" alt=\"A lot of green stars all over the place and a lot of red dots. Since there has been heavy earthquake activity on Reykjanes ridge and Reykjanes peninsula in last few days.\" width=\"540\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230707_1310.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230707_1310-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strong earthquake swarm activity on Reykjanes ridge and Reykjanes peninsula. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is my opinion that is unlikely to be an earthquake activity that is connected to the inflation in Fagradalsfjall mountain. Those earthquakes are closer to Fagradalsfjall mountain. It can&#8217;t be ruled out, but is unlikely to be the reason for this activity. Earlier activity in this same area also makes this unlikely to be a tectonic earthquake activity. It can&#8217;t be ruled out. Areas out in the ocean are always more difficult to figure out than activity on land with easier access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short update because there&#8217;s a lot going on. Largest earthquake during the last 24 hours close to Eldey island had a magnitude of Mw4,5. This earthquake swarm looks like a dyke intrusion. Since the area is out in the ocean it is impossible to be sure. Difficult to know if an eruption &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=11387\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Update on earthquake activity close to Eldey island on Reykjanes ridge on 7th July 2023 at 13:31 UTC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,203,301,299,64,40,23,57,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dyke-intrusions","category-earthquakes","category-eldey","category-eldeyjarboda","category-eldeyjardrangur","category-magma","category-monitoring","category-reykjanes-ridge","category-swarm","category-volcano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11387"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11392,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11387\/revisions\/11392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}