{"id":5847,"date":"2015-10-11T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2015-10-11T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:45:16","slug":"overview-of-week-41-activity-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=5847","title":{"rendered":"Overview of week 41 activity in Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 41 in Iceland was rather quiet, compared to last two weeks in Iceland. Here is a overview over the highlight in the earthquake activity in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Constant earthquake activity has been in SISZ over the week and it has been ongoing for the past weeks, none of the earthquakes have been large, with almost all of them being less then magnitude 1,0. Largest earthquake in this swarm had the magnitude of 2,5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1755.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1755.png\" alt=\"151011_1755\" width=\"540\" height=\"363\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1755.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1755-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake activity on SISZ. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Iceland Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For most part earthquake activity in <a href=\"http:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=373030\" target=\"_blank\">B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga<\/a> volcano was normal this week, with regular earthquake swarms taking place in the usual places. The most interesting earthquake this week took place under Tr\u00f6lladyngju, it was only magnitude 0,7, but it was on depth of 26,2 km.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2140.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2140.png\" alt=\"151008_2140\" width=\"540\" height=\"596\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2140.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2140-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake activity in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Iceland Met Office.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHer\u00f0ubrei\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earthquake swarm has been taking place all week in Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0. Earthquake swarms are common in this area and often have magnitude 3,0 earthquakes or larger. The earthquake swarm is ongoing when this is written.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1815.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1815.png\" alt=\"151011_1815\" width=\"540\" height=\"596\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1815.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151011_1815-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake activity in Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0\/Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0arfj\u00f6ll area (north of Askja volcano). <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Iceland Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reykjanes ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 3,4 earthquake took place deep on the Reykjanes ridge this week. The earthquake was not felt and there might have been more than one earthquake. My geophone in Heklubygg\u00f0 shows more than one earthquake one hour after the magnitude 3,4 earthquake happens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2040.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2040.png\" alt=\"151008_2040\" width=\"540\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2040.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151008_2040-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake activity on the Reykjanes ridge. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Iceland Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 3,0 earthquake also took place around 200 km off the coast of Reykjanes peninsula (around 153 km south of Eldeyjarbo\u00f0a). That earthquake location was poor due to the distance from the SIL network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations:<\/strong> Please remember to support my work here with donations or by using Amazon banners when you buy from Amazon. Thanks for the support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 41 in Iceland was rather quiet, compared to last two weeks in Iceland. Here is a overview over the highlight in the earthquake activity in Iceland. 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