{"id":3002,"date":"2012-09-21T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2012-09-21T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:06:39","slug":"earthquake-activity-drops-in-tfz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=3002","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake activity drops in TFZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the past few hours earthquake activity in TFZ has dropped. This is not unusual. As earthquake activity in this area happens in swarms. Last earthquake swarm in this area where in the years 1996 and 2004. Those earthquake swarm lasted for several days and made several earthquakes with the magnitude 4. It is impossible to know how long activity is going last in this area. But since it has been ongoing for better part of current week (week 38). It might well be this activity is already over. But only time is going to tell what happens next. In current earthquake swarm. More then 500 earthquakes have been recorded so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/eyjfjardallTFZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/eyjfjardallTFZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"eyjfjardallTFZ\" width=\"540\" height=\"443\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/eyjfjardallTFZ.jpg 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/eyjfjardallTFZ-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe area of activity in TFZ. Stars mark earthquakes that are larger then magnitude 4 in size. But red dots show other earthquakes. The arrows show the fault movements in this area. It is from this news <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vedur.is\/um-vi\/frettir\/bigimg\/2534?ListID=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on IMO web page. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"120921_1605\" width=\"540\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake swarm as it looks during the past 48 hours. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605_tracker.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605_tracker.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"120921_1605_tracker\" width=\"540\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605_tracker.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120921_1605_tracker-300x97.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquakes on IMO tracker. It shows the magnitude of most of the earthquakes that have taken place during past 48 hours. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Meteorological Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As sad before. It is impossible to know what happens next in this earthquake swarm. But it might well be that it is over by now. Only time is going to tell us what happens next in this. Chance of an larger earthquake taking place in this area remains high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Almannavarnir announcement (Icelandic Civil Protection System)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.almannavarnir.is\/displayer.asp?cat_id=8&#038;module_id=220&#038;element_id=2876\" target=\"_blank\">Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftahrina \u00fati fyrir Nor\u00f0urlandi<\/a> (Almannavarnir.is, Icelandic)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Icelandic news about this earthquake swarm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vedur.is\/um-vi\/frettir\/nr\/2534\" target=\"_blank\">Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar \u00ed Eyjafjar\u00f0ar\u00e1l<\/a> (Icelandic, vedur.is)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/talsverd-jardskjalftavirkni-a-nordurlandi\/article\/2012120929778\" target=\"_blank\">Talsver\u00f0 jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftavirkni \u00e1 Nor\u00f0urlandi<\/a> (Icelandic, V\u00edsir.is)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbl.is\/frettir\/innlent\/2012\/09\/21\/fjorir_skjalftar_yfir_4_ad_staerd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fj\u00f3rir skj\u00e1lftar yfir 4 a\u00f0 st\u00e6r\u00f0<\/a> (Icelandic, mbl.is)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbl.is\/frettir\/innlent\/2012\/09\/21\/folk_geri_radstafanir_til_ad_draga_ur_tjoni\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00cdb\u00faar geri r\u00e1\u00f0stafanir til a\u00f0 draga \u00far tj\u00f3ni<\/a> (Icelandic, mbl.is)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past few hours earthquake activity in TFZ has dropped. This is not unusual. As earthquake activity in this area happens in swarms. Last earthquake swarm in this area where in the years 1996 and 2004. Those earthquake swarm lasted for several days and made several earthquakes with the magnitude 4. 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