{"id":6735,"date":"2017-03-18T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2017-03-18T19:42:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T19:42:05","slug":"earthquake-swarm-close-to-herdubreid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=6735","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm close to Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of last week there has been a minor earthquake swarm close to Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0 volcano crater. Yesterday (17-March-2017) the earthquake swarm increased from several earthquakes an hour and up to around several dozen earthquakes an hour. Largest earthquake so far had the magnitude of 2,9 but earlier report suggested it had a magnitude of 3,3 it was then downgraded. Since midnight (18-March-2017) around 200 earthquakes have happened. Currently the earthquake swarm is ongoing and this article might get outdated quickly.<\/p>\n

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\nThe earthquake swarm close to Her\u00f0brei\u00f0 volcano crater (red dots). Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t expect an eruption in this area, since currently there isn’t anything suggesting that magma might be responsible for this activity. This part of Iceland is also outside all major volcano areas, but it might possibly leak magma for some unknown reason. Last eruption in this area took place during the last glacier period in Iceland, when exactly is something I don’t know, but it ended 11.700 years ago. Eruption in this area would also create a larger earthquake activity then is currently happening, due the fact the crust in this area is cold and would require a magma to break it before it reached the surface.<\/p>\n

This article is going to be updated if needed.<\/p>\n

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All of last week there has been a minor earthquake swarm close to Her\u00f0ubrei\u00f0 volcano crater. Yesterday (17-March-2017) the earthquake swarm increased from several earthquakes an hour and up to around several dozen earthquakes an hour. Largest earthquake so far had the magnitude of 2,9 but earlier report suggested it had a magnitude of 3,3 … <\/p>\n

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