{"id":8214,"date":"2020-01-18T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8214"},"modified":"2020-01-19T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:13:19","slug":"earthquake-swarm-on-the-reykjanes-ridge-close-to-eldeyjarboda-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8214","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge close to Eldeyjarbo\u00f0a islands [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (18-January-2020) at 12:38 UTC an earthquake swarm took place on the Reykjanes ridge close to Eldeyjarbo\u00f0a island. Largest earthquake in this swarm had a magnitude of Mw4,0 according to Icelandic Met Office. Both USGS and EMSC are reporting this earthquake as a mb4,5 in automatic detection. Second largest earthquake had a magnitude of Mw3,8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200118_2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200118_2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200118_2020.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200118_2020-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge not far from Eldeyjarbo\u00f0a island. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other earthquakes have been smaller in magnitude. This earthquake swarm appears to be over but it is possible that this is just a limited stop in earthquake activity before it starts again. That is a common feature of earthquake swarms in this area. Earthquake can reach magnitude of Mw5,5 in this area of Reykjanes ridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on 19-January-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Icelandic Met Office updated the earthquake magnitudes yesterday and it now shows two Mw4,5 earthquakes taken place at 14:07 UTC and 14:17 UTC and one Mw4,0 earthquake having taken place at 15:52 UTC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200119_1050.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200119_1050.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200119_1050.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200119_1050-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUpdated earthquake map of the earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge on 18-January-2020. <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. It helps me to keep this website working and doing my job. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (18-January-2020) at 12:38 UTC an earthquake swarm took place on the Reykjanes ridge close to Eldeyjarbo\u00f0a island. Largest earthquake in this swarm had a magnitude of Mw4,0 according to Icelandic Met Office. Both USGS and EMSC are reporting this earthquake as a mb4,5 in automatic detection. 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