{"id":8253,"date":"2020-02-01T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8253"},"modified":"2020-02-01T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T17:05:42","slug":"strong-earthquake-swarm-north-east-of-grindavik-yesterday-31-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8253","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake swarm north-east of Grindav\u00edk yesterday (31. January 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday (31. January 2020) a strong earthquake swarm started north-east of Grindav\u00edk village. This earthquake swarm lasted only around 12 hours but it made over 800 earthquakes in this time. The activity was so high it was too much for the SIL network and that resulted in a lot of ghost earthquakes all over Iceland. Largest earthquakes in this swarm had a magnitude of Mw4,3 and Mw4,0. There were 8 to 9 earthquakes with magnitude larger than Mw3,0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200201_1555.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200201_1555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200201_1555.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200201_1555-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake swarm north and north-east of Grindav\u00edk town. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Higher resolution map of this earthquake activity from this website <a href=\"https:\/\/skjalftalisa.vedur.is\/#\/page\/map\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Icelandic Met Office).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar-Grindav\u00edk-01.02.2020-7d.png 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEarthquake activity in the area of Grindav\u00edk town for the last 7 days. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GPS inflation data shows that there has not been a lot of change in the last 24 hours. The GPS inflation data can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/notendur.hi.is\/~hgeirs\/iceland_gps\/rnes\/rnes_100p.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (I don&#8217;t have permission to post those images to my website). Inflation is still ongoing and that is going to result in more earthquake swarm activity in this area and nearby areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work with donations. Donations help me work with this and keep this website going. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday (31. January 2020) a strong earthquake swarm started north-east of Grindav\u00edk village. This earthquake swarm lasted only around 12 hours but it made over 800 earthquakes in this time. The activity was so high it was too much for the SIL network and that resulted in a lot of ghost earthquakes all over Iceland. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8253\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strong earthquake swarm north-east of Grindav\u00edk yesterday (31. 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