{"id":7779,"date":"2018-12-30T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2018-12-30T17:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T17:06:45","slug":"magnitude-44-earthquake-in-hengill-volcano-tectonic-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7779","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 4,4 earthquake in Hengill volcano (tectonic earthquake)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the night of 30-December-2018 at 02:54 UTC an magnitude 4,4 earthquake took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=371050\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hengill<\/a> volcano. This earthquake was felt over a wide area. Largest aftershock had a magnitude of 2,2 so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/181230_1440.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/181230_1440.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"751\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/181230_1440.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/181230_1440-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake (green star) in Hengill volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dlkz-30-12-2018.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dlkz-30-12-2018.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7781\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake as it appeared on Heklubygg\u00f0 geophone station. <em>This image is under Creative commons licence. See CC Licence website for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bhrz-svd-30-12-2018.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bhrz-svd-30-12-2018.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7782\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake as it appeared in B\u00f6\u00f0varsh\u00f3lar geophone station. <em>This image is under Creative commons licence. See CC Licence website for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake swarm is ongoing as of writing of this article. It is not possible to know what is going to happen in next few hours in this area. Risk of more earthquake is always present. This earthquake activity is tectonic in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work with donations. 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