{"id":7670,"date":"2018-09-13T21:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2018-09-14T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T13:21:26","slug":"earthquake-swarm-on-reykjanes-peninsula-blafjoll-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7670","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes peninsula (Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area) [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earthquake swarm started today (13-September-2018) in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. This earthquake swarm continued today with only minor earthquakes. At 20:17 UTC an earthquake with magnitude 4,1 happened in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. This earthquake was felt over a wide area. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180913_2110.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180913_2110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180913_2110.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180913_2110-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake swarm in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. Green star is the magnitude 4,1 earthquake. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This earthquake swarm appears to be ongoing. There is a possibility that more earthquakes with magnitude above 3,0 might happen in next few hours to days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 14-September-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Icelandic Met Office has updated the earthquakes in this area. Two earthquakes happened yesterday. One with magnitude 4,1 and one with magnitude 4,2. There are only few seconds between the earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180914_1245.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180914_1245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180914_1245.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/180914_1245-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe new image of the earthquake activity in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. Green stars are the two earthquakes that were felt. <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 with donations. I am also trying to get enough donations so I can buy new Raspberry shake seismometers since my current hardware is out of date and is now difficult to maintain. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em>Article updated on 14-September-2018 at 13:21 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earthquake swarm started today (13-September-2018) in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. This earthquake swarm continued today with only minor earthquakes. At 20:17 UTC an earthquake with magnitude 4,1 happened in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. This earthquake was felt over a wide area. Earthquake swarm in Bl\u00e1fj\u00f6ll area. Green star is the magnitude 4,1 earthquake. 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