{"id":9034,"date":"2021-03-07T23:10:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T23:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=9034"},"modified":"2021-03-08T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:58:53","slug":"strong-earthquake-activity-in-fagradalsfjall-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=9034","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake activity in Fagradalsfjall volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is short because the situation is always changing. Article is written at 07-March-2021 at 23:10 UTC.<\/p>\n

At 00:22 UTC and until around 00:42 UTC an harmonic tremor was detected in Fagradalsfjall<\/a> volcano. While this harmonic tremor only lasted for 20 minutes it started an earthquake swarm around 01:00 UTC that lasted until around 04:00 and the largest earthquake in that swarm had a magnitude of Mw5,0 to Mw5,2 (USGS\/EMSC) at 02:01 UTC. Every day from 2500 to 3000 or more earthquakes are being recorded. Since 24-February-2021 over 24000 earthquakes have been recorded in this earthquake swarm. There is a massive inflation happening from Fagradalsfjall volcano and that is what is causing the earthquakes west and east of the dyke location between Fagradalsfjall mountain and Keilir mountain. Resulting in large earthquakes like the Mw5,0. Many of the earthquakes are happening close to the town of Grindav\u00edk and people there can’t sleep due to earthquake activity and the ongoing earthquake activity that is now happening at every minute.<\/p>\n

\"Heavy<\/a>
Heavy earthquake activity in Fagradalsfjall volcano. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is now possible to check the inflation by viewing this<\/a> GPS data website. Another website with GPS data can be found here and its is called Crustal Deformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More strong earthquakes are expected. If anything major happens I’ll post update soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Web cameras directly streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beint vefstreymi af skj\u00e1lftasv\u00e6\u00f0inu \u2013 Efstaleiti<\/a>
\nBeint vefstreymi af skj\u00e1lftasv\u00e6\u00f0inu \u2013 Vogastapi<\/a> (R\u00fav.is)
\nKeilir \u00ed beinni<\/a> (mbl.is)
\n\u00d3r\u00f3asv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed beinni \u00fatsendingu<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is)
\nLive from Iceland<\/a>
\nKeilir og skj\u00e1lftasv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0<\/a> (YouTube)
\nRoad camera 1<\/a>
\nRoad camera 2<\/a> (night vision\/infrared)<\/p>\n


\nUpdate 8-March-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

A news article has been published showing the road damage from the recent earthquake activity. This is close to the HS Orka energy plant on Reykjanes peninsula.<\/p>\n

Mal\u00adbik sprungi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 HS Orku \u00ed Grinda\u00adv\u00edk<\/a> (mbl.is, Icelandic, Pictures)<\/p>\n

Article updated at 01:31 UTC.<\/em>
\nArticle updated at 04:36 UTC. Fixed web camera link that was broken (YouTube)<\/em>
\nArticle updated at 16:58 UTC on 8-March-2021. Fixed R\u00fav web camera link.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article is short because the situation is always changing. Article is written at 07-March-2021 at 23:10 UTC. At 00:22 UTC and until around 00:42 UTC an harmonic tremor was detected in Fagradalsfjall volcano. While this harmonic tremor only lasted for 20 minutes it started an earthquake swarm around 01:00 UTC that lasted until around … <\/p>\n

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