Volcano earthquake report for Monday, 2 Dec 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019 23:50 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 2 Dec 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Quakes detected near: Askja (6 quakes between mag 0.3-1.2), Bardarbunga (3 quakes between mag 1.0-2.3), Clear Lake (1 quake mag 2.2), Coso (14 quakes between mag 0.6-2.3), Eyafjallajökull (2 quakes between mag 2.0-2.6), Fremrinamur (1 quake mag 1.2)Furnas (1 quake mag 1.4), Grímsvötn (2 quakes between mag 1.1-1.4), Hrómundartindur (4 quakes between mag 0.2-1.4), Hualalai (1 quake mag 2.3), Kilauea (1 quake mag 1.7), Krísuvík (2 quakes between mag 0.8-1.6), Mono Lake (1 quake mag 1.4), Mount Rainier (3 quakes between mag 0.3-1.2), Olot Field (1 quake mag 2.2), Reporoa (3 quakes between mag 1.6-2.0), Reykjanes (2 quakes between mag 0.8-2.0), Ruapehu (3 quakes between mag 0.2-1.4), Theistareykjarbunga (4 quakes between mag 0.1-1.0), Tjörnes Fracture Zone (22 quakes between mag 0.5-2.0), Torfajökull (2 quakes between mag 0.5-1.3) (updated 23h50)
Note: Earthquakes within 20 km from and at depths less than 20 km under active volcanoes are reported. The list is not complete because many volcanoes are not monitored and/or seismic data in high resolution is not available publicly.
Volcanoes with recent earthquakes above magnitude 2 or more than 10 quakes are listed below:
Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 3 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.3
3 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 6 hours, the last being recorded quake 15 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 3.2 and 2.2 km.Earthquake details:
M 2.3 quake: 3.7 km NNE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 08h27 (5 km NNE)
M 1.4 quake: 3.3 km NNE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 08h27 (4 km NNE)
M 1.0 quake: 2.7 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 01h59 (4 km NE)
All earthquakes at Bardarbunga
Clear Lake volcano (California): magnitude 2.2 earthquake
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake occurred at the volcano 10 hours ago. The quake, which might be volcanic in origin, was located at a depth of 2.6 km depth at 17 km distance SSE from the volcano.Earthquake details:
M 2.2 quake: 12km ENE of Cloverdale, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 14h05 (17 km SSE)
All earthquakes at Clear Lake
Coso volcano (California): 14 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.3
Possible earthquake swarm: 14 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 21 hours, the last being recorded quake 1 hour 30 minutes ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 10.7 and 1.1 km.Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 2.3 quake: 11km NE of Coso Junction, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 02h03 (11 km N)
M 1.8 quake: 20km ESE of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 21h26 (19 km SSE)
M 1.6 quake: 17km ESE of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 10h10 (18 km S)
M 1.6 quake: 6km ENE of Coso Junction, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 08h40 (6 km N)
M 1.4 quake: 11km ENE of Coso Junction, CA (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 02h47 (6 km N)
All earthquakes at Coso
Eyafjallajökull volcano (Iceland): 2 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.6
2 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 1 hour 27 minutes, the last being recorded quake 7 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 8.7 and 5.2 km.Earthquake details:
M 2.6 quake: 7.5 km WSW of Goðabunga (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 15h38 (11 km W)
M 2.0 quake: 7.6 km SSE of Básar (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 17h05 (11 km W)
All earthquakes at Eyafjallajökull
Hualalai volcano (Hawai'i (Big Island)): magnitude 2.3 earthquake
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake occurred at the volcano 22 hours ago. The quake, which might be volcanic in origin, was located at a depth of 13.0 km depth at 11 km distance NNW from the volcano.Earthquake details:
M 2.3 quake: 16km ENE of Kalaoa, Hawaii (USA) on Mon, 2 Dec 01h51 (11 km NNW)
All earthquakes at Hualalai
Olot Field volcano (Spain): magnitude 2.2 earthquake
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake occurred at the volcano 4 hours ago. The quake, which might be volcanic in origin, was located at a depth of 10.0 km depth at 18 km distance N from the volcano.Earthquake details:
M 2.2 quake: PYRENEES - 25km de Figueres (Spain) on Mon, 2 Dec 20h03 (18 km N)
All earthquakes at Olot Field
Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcano (Iceland): 22 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.0
Possible earthquake swarm: 22 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 17 hours, the last being recorded quake 4 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 14.9 and 2.1 km.Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 2.0 quake: 12.3 km W of Kópasker (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 06h23 (17 km E)
M 2.0 quake: 12.7 km W of Kópasker (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 06h20 (17 km E)
M 1.7 quake: 12.5 km W of Kópasker (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 03h57 (16 km E)
M 1.6 quake: 12.9 km W of Kópasker (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 20h11 (16 km E)
M 1.6 quake: 12.6 km W of Kópasker (Iceland) on Mon, 2 Dec 06h23 (17 km E)
All earthquakes at Tjörnes Fracture Zone
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