{"id":7131,"date":"2017-10-18T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2017-10-18T23:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T23:41:42","slug":"strong-earthquake-swarm-in-tjornes-fracture-zone-this-morning-19-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7131","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake swarm in Tj\u00f6rnes Fracture Zone this morning (19-October-2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (18-October-2017) at 06:00 UTC (Icelandic time) people of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gr%C3%ADmsey\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gr\u00edmsey Island<\/a> got a rude awaking when a magnitude 3,8 to 3,9 earthquake took place. At 05:01 UTC a magnitude 2,9 earthquake had taken place. For the past 48 hours total of 105 earthquakes have taken place in the Tj\u00f6rnes Fracture Zone. The largest earthquake took place in what seems to be north part of Gr\u00edmsey Island, there is no population in that part of Gr\u00edmsey Island but the population lives only few hundred meters away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171018_2235.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171018_2235.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171018_2235.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171018_2235-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake activity in Tj\u00f6rnes Fracture Zone in Gr\u00edmsey Island. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This earthquake activity started in this part of the Tj\u00f6rnes Fracture Zone on 05-October-2017 as I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7115\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Since then it is has been continuously ongoing, for a time it looked it was slowly stopping but the earthquake this morning increased the activity again. Since around 19:00 UTC this earthquake swarm seems to have slowed down a bit again, but the earthquake swarm is still ongoing as of writing of this article. More strong earthquakes in this area cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work. Donations are my main source of income from my work here, along with small advertisement revenue and income from what people buy from Amazon with the banners I have on my websites. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (18-October-2017) at 06:00 UTC (Icelandic time) people of Gr\u00edmsey Island got a rude awaking when a magnitude 3,8 to 3,9 earthquake took place. At 05:01 UTC a magnitude 2,9 earthquake had taken place. For the past 48 hours total of 105 earthquakes have taken place in the Tj\u00f6rnes Fracture Zone. 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