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Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcano
submarine volcano unknown summit elevation
North of Iceland, 66.3°N / -17.1°W
Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcano eruptions:
1868
Typical eruption style:
unspecified
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Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcano (North of Iceland) activity update: ongoing seismic swarm

Wednesday Oct 24, 2012 10:44 AM | BY: T

Seismic sequence at Eyjafjarðaráll (Iceland Met Office)
Seismic sequence at Eyjafjarðaráll (Iceland Met Office)
Time and depth of quakes at the TFZ
Time and depth of quakes at the TFZ
The seismic swarm in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone continues at reduced rate. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there is enough stress to produce a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, but it is impossible to predict if and when such a quake might occur.
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Tjörnes Fracture Zone (north of Iceland) experiences strong earthquake swarm with magnitude 5.2 quake
Location of quakes in the TFZ (Iceland Met Office)
Sunday, Oct 21, 2012
A strong seismic swarm started shortly before midnight GMT in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ) north of Iceland. ... [more]
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Friday, Oct 05, 2012
A new small swarm of earthquakes started east of Grímsey Island in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ) north of Iceland yesterday 4 Oct. So far, there have been 41 quakes during the past 48 hours, mostly of small magnitudes (1-2) at various depths mostly around 10 km. The largest quakes was a magnitude 3.1 event at 11:35 UTC. ... [more]
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The swarm at the Tjornes Fracture Zone
Monday, Oct 01, 2012
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Friday, Sep 21, 2012
The seismic swarm at the Tjörnes Fracture Zone has been calming down. ... [more]
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