Icelandic Meteorological Office and Almannavarnir have issued a warning about possible large earthquake on the Reykjanes peninsula. This warning is triggered by the earthquake swarm in Kr\u00edsuv\u00edk on 30-May-2015 and a second earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge on 11-June-2015.<\/p>\n
Largest earthquakes in this earthquake sequence once it starts might reach magnitude of 6,5. There remains a hope that the stress on the Reykjanes peninsula and Reykjanes ridge is going to be released out slowly without large earthquake taking place. The warning only covers the populated part of the Reykjanes, from Kleifarvatn and east to \u00d6lfus. It is my view that chance is small at best, it might work out that, I do think that is unlikely outcome of this. It is impossible to know when this earthquake activity might happen, but since the warning has been issued it might only be few weeks to month until something happens.<\/p>\n
Last large earthquake in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll mountains (Breinnisteinsfj\u00f6ll<\/a> volcano) took place in 1929 and 1968. Due to the area in question being less populated than it is today there was no or little damage. Current warning says the people should prepare to limit damage, since in past few years the populated areas have moved closer earthquake risk areas of the Reykjanes peninsula. Skj\u00e1lftavirkni \u00e1 Reykjanesskaga<\/a> (vedur.is, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Icelandic) Icelandic News<\/strong><\/p>\n Vara vi\u00f0 skj\u00e1lfta til a\u00f0 draga \u00far slysah\u00e6ttu<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic, pictures) Donations:<\/strong> Please remember to support my work with donations or by using Amazon. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Article updated at 23:52 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Icelandic Meteorological Office and Almannavarnir have issued a warning about possible large earthquake on the Reykjanes peninsula. This warning is triggered by the earthquake swarm in Kr\u00edsuv\u00edk on 30-May-2015 and a second earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge on 11-June-2015. Largest earthquakes in this earthquake sequence once it starts might reach magnitude of 6,5. There … <\/p>\n
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\nThe warning (in Icelandic)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFr\u00e9ttatilkynning vegna jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftavirkni a\u00f0 undanf\u00f6rnu \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu fr\u00e1 Kr\u00edsuv\u00edk austur \u00ed \u00d6lfus<\/a> (vedur.is, pdf, Icelandic)<\/p>\n
\nH\u00e6tta \u00e1 st\u00f3rum skj\u00e1lfta \u00e1 Reykjav\u00edkursv\u00e6\u00f0inu<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic)<\/p>\n