{"id":8824,"date":"2020-12-10T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2020-12-10T22:54:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T22:54:10","slug":"earthquake-swarm-in-reykjanes-volcano-and-deep-earthquake-activity-in-brennisteinsfjoll-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=8824","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm in Reykjanes volcano and deep earthquake activity in Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (10-December-2020) at 00:08 an earthquake with the magnitude of Mw3,5 took place in the volcano <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=371020\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reykjanes<\/a>. This earthquake was felt in nearby area. Since then there has been a minor earthquake swarm going on in the area of Reykjanest\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGreen star shows the earthquake activity in Reykjanes volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll volcano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today (10-December-2020) an deep earthquake swarm took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=371040\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll<\/a> volcano. All earthquakes that took place where small in magnitude but depth was from around 5km to 12 km depth. It is not known at the writing of this article if this suggests an magma movement inside Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll volcano.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201210_1945-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOrange dots to east of Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edk volcano show the activity in Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll volcano. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am expecting more earthquake activity in Brennisteinsfj\u00f6ll volcano in next few months. It is going to take few weeks to months to see if anything more is going on there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (10-December-2020) at 00:08 an earthquake with the magnitude of Mw3,5 took place in the volcano Reykjanes. This earthquake was felt in nearby area. Since then there has been a minor earthquake swarm going on in the area of Reykjanest\u00e1. Green star shows the earthquake activity in Reykjanes volcano. 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