{"id":8757,"date":"2020-10-20T18:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T18:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2020-10-20T20:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:09:02","slug":"earthquake-on-the-reykjanes-peninsula-update-at-1855-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8757","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake on the Reykjanes peninsula &#8211; update at 18:55 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last update for today (20-October-2020) on this earthquake unless something major happens.<\/p>\n<p>This earthquake magnitude has been confirmed at Mw5,6 mostly. It might change in next few weeks as the data is better reviewed. More then 400 earthquakes have been felt after the large earthquake and at the writing of this article largest aftershock has automatic magnitude of Mw4,1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"248\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020-1536x726.png 1536w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earthquake-Mw56-Skjalfta-lisa-20-10-2020.png 1865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLocation of the largest earthquake. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently the main earthquake activity is moving west or south-west and that might trigger more large earthquakes in next 24 &#8211; 48 hours. Minor damage has been reported following the largest earthquake. Items falling off shelves and in stores and homes, cracks forming in walls, floors and outside in few areas. Rock slides have also been reported and closed one road on Reykjanes peninsula close to Grindav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News reports with pictures and videos if the main earthquakes and the damage it created<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbl.is\/frettir\/innlent\/2020\/10\/20\/stor_sprunga_i_golfi_flugskola_keilis\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">St\u00f3r sprunga \u00ed g\u00f3lfi flug\u00adsk\u00f3la Keil\u00adis<\/a> (mbl.is, picture)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frettabladid.is\/frettir\/skjalftinn-i-myndum\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Skj\u00e1lftinn \u00ed myndum<\/a> (frettabladid.is, pictures, videos)<\/p>\n<p>Added: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/2020\/10\/20\/vorur-kostudust-til-og-madur-i-gorillubuningi-hljop-um\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">V\u00f6rur k\u00f6stu\u00f0ust til og ma\u00f0ur \u00ed g\u00f3rillub\u00faningi hlj\u00f3p um<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Video, Icelandic)<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nEarthquake activity on Reykjanes peninsula<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201020_1845.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201020_1845.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201020_1845.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201020_1845-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake activity at 18:45 UTC on Reykjanes peninsula. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There have not been any clear sign or any sign of magma movement in this earthquake activity at the writing of this article. It is unclear of that is going to change since the magma that has been flowing into the crust in <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=371020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reykjanes<\/a> volcano simply might not be pressured enough to erupt for a while longer.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDonations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work with donations. I&#8217;ve been broke in October and everything helps. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nArticle updated at 20:06 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last update for today (20-October-2020) on this earthquake unless something major happens. This earthquake magnitude has been confirmed at Mw5,6 mostly. It might change in next few weeks as the data is better reviewed. More then 400 earthquakes have been felt after the large earthquake and at the writing of this article &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8757\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Earthquake on the Reykjanes peninsula &#8211; update at 18:55 UTC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,64,40,42,207,57,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earthquakes","category-magma","category-monitoring","category-reykjanes","category-reykjanes-peninsula","category-swarm","category-volcano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8757"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8762,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757\/revisions\/8762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}