{"id":6461,"date":"2016-10-15T19:32:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T19:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2016-10-16T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T16:23:57","slug":"few-earthquakes-in-hofsjokull-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=6461","title":{"rendered":"Few earthquakes in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (15-October-2016) few earthquakes took place in <a href=\"http:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=371090\" target=\"_blank\">Hofsj\u00f6kull<\/a> volcano. This where just few earthquakes with the largest earthquake having the magnitude of 1,4. Slight to the east a magnitude 2,3 earthquake happened, that however was a intra-plate earthquake and is not connected to any volcano.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161015_1340.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161015_1340.png\" alt=\"161015_1340\" width=\"540\" height=\"611\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161015_1340.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161015_1340-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake activity in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This earthquake activity in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano appears to be a response to a stress change in the area, even if sits on its own rift zone (Skagafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur rift zone, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.os.is\/gogn\/Greinar-starfsmanna\/Arni-Hjartarson-2003-PhD\/AH-04-Skagafjordur-Zone-an-ephemeral-Rift-Zone.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">science paper<\/a>). It is my guess that the source of this stress changes can be found in B\u00e1r\u00f0arbunga volcano and the movement of the eastern rift zone that is currently happening. I&#8217;m not expecting any eruption from Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano, it&#8217;s not known when last eruption took place in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. More earthquakes might happen in the future due to stress changes in the upper crust close to Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano or in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on 16-October-2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Icelandic Met Office has updated the earthquakes location. Now they are all in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. Six earthquakes happened and the largest one had the magnitude of 2,3. No intra-plate earthquake happened, that was just a wrong manual location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161016_1615.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161016_1615.png\" alt=\"161016_1615\" width=\"540\" height=\"611\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161016_1615.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161016_1615-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUpdated locations of the earthquakes in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work. The failure with the hard drives did cost me and that is leaving me a little short at the moment. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em>Article updated on 16-October-2016 at 16:23 UTC. Updated earthquake map added.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (15-October-2016) few earthquakes took place in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. This where just few earthquakes with the largest earthquake having the magnitude of 1,4. Slight to the east a magnitude 2,3 earthquake happened, that however was a intra-plate earthquake and is not connected to any volcano. Earthquake activity in Hofsj\u00f6kull volcano. 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