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Volcano earthquake report for Saturday, 15 Feb 2020

Quakes detected near: Askja (1 quake mag 2.1), Bardarbunga (3 quakes between mag 0.2-3.6), Clear Lake (21 quakes between mag 0.1-1.0), Coso (15 quakes between mag 0.3-1.6), Grímsvötn (1 quake mag 1.2), Katla (3 quakes between mag 1.5-2.2)
Kilauea (3 quakes between mag 2.2-2.7), Krísuvík (2 quakes between mag 1.1-2.2), Long Valley (4 quakes between mag 0.8-1.6), Mauna Loa (1 quake mag 1.8), Reykjanes (41 quakes between mag 0.2-2.9), Ruapehu (10 quakes between mag 0.3-1.2), Tenerife (1 quake mag 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:

Askja volcano (Iceland): magnitude 2.1 earthquake

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake occurred at the volcano 5 hours ago. The quake, which might be volcanic in origin, was located at a depth of 5.9 km depth at 13 km distance NE from the volcano.
Earthquake details:
M 2.1 quake: 9.5 km N of Dreki (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 19h04 (13 km NE)
All earthquakes at Askja

Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 3 earthquakes up to magnitude 3.6

3 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 1 hour 25 minutes, the last being recorded quake 16 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 3.3 and 0.8 km.
Earthquake details:
M 3.6 quake: 5.4 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 05h57 (6 km NE)
M 2.3 quake: 5.8 km NE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 05h57 (7 km NE)
M 0.2 quake: 6.1 km ENE of Bárðarbunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 07h22 (7 km NE)
All earthquakes at Bardarbunga

Clear Lake volcano (California): 21 earthquakes up to magnitude 1.0

Possible earthquake swarm: 21 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 22 hours, the last being recorded quake 38 minutes ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 3.3 and 0.3 km.
Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 1.0 quake: 10km NW of The Geysers, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 22h56 (16 km SSE)
M 1.0 quake: 7km W of Cobb, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 16h45 (16 km S)
M 0.9 quake: 4km W of Cobb, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 23h12 (17 km S)
M 0.9 quake: 6km NW of The Geysers, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 14h39 (17 km S)
M 0.9 quake: 7km NW of The Geysers, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 13h00 (16 km S)
All earthquakes at Clear Lake

Coso volcano (California): 15 earthquakes up to magnitude 1.6

Possible earthquake swarm: 15 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 20 hours, the last being recorded quake 1 hour 54 minutes ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 9.7 and 1.5 km.
Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 1.6 quake: 12km E of Coso Junction, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 21h56 (0 km S)
M 1.5 quake: 18km E of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 03h44 (16 km SSE)
M 1.4 quake: 19km ESE of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 01h28 (18 km S)
M 1.2 quake: 18km E of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 21h20 (16 km S)
M 1.2 quake: 18km E of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 11h38 (16 km SSE)
All earthquakes at Coso

Katla volcano (Iceland): 3 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.2

3 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 1 hour 47 minutes, the last being recorded quake 12 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 7.7 and 1.1 km.
Earthquake details:
M 2.2 quake: 2.8 km ESE of Goðabunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 12h14 (7 km E)
M 1.6 quake: 4.1 km N of Hábunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 10h26 (2 km ESE)
M 1.5 quake: 3.0 km ESE of Goðabunga (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 12h14 (7 km E)
All earthquakes at Katla

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i (Big Island)): 3 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.7

3 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 16 hours, the last being recorded quake 6 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 4.2 and 0.1 km.
Earthquake details:
M 2.7 quake: 21km W of Volcano, Hawaii (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 17h35 (17 km ENE)
M 2.4 quake: 12km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 11h34 (13 km SW)
M 2.2 quake: 11km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii (USA) on Sat, 15 Feb 01h47 (14 km WSW)
All earthquakes at Kilauea

Krísuvík volcano (Iceland): 2 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.2

2 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano at nearly the same time (03:09 UTC). Hypocenter depths ranged between 3.2 and 2.4 km.
Earthquake details:
M 2.2 quake: 2.7 km NNW of Krýsuvík (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 03h09 (2 km SSW)
M 1.1 quake: 3.2 km NNW of Krýsuvík (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 03h09 (2 km S)
All earthquakes at Krísuvík

Reykjanes volcano (Iceland): 41 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.9

Possible earthquake swarm: 41 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 18 hours, the last being recorded quake 2 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 7.7 and 0.1 km.
Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 2.9 quake: 3.4 km NNE of Reykjanestá (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 08h41 (11 km ESE)
M 2.8 quake: 3.4 km NNE of Reykjanestá (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 08h37 (10 km SE)
M 2.6 quake: 4.1 km N of Reykjanestá (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 21h37 (10 km ESE)
M 2.3 quake: 4.2 km NNW of Grindavík (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 15h05 (3 km SW)
M 2.1 quake: 3.7 km N of Grindavík (Iceland) on Sat, 15 Feb 10h19 (4 km WSW)
All earthquakes at Reykjanes

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