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23 févr. - 1 mars 2020: Volcanoes of the Danakil desert - Danakil desert (Ethiopia)
14-27 mars 2020: Désert, sels et volcans - Désert de Danakil (Éthiopie)
28 mars - 4 avril 2020: Land of Theseus - Saronic Gulf (Greece)
4-8 mai 2020: Spécial Volcan Krakatau - Le Krakatau, détroit de la Sonde
9-17 mai 2020: Montagnes de Feu - du Stromboli à l'Etna - Eoliennes + Etna
1-8 juin 2020: Le Grand Lac de Lave du Nyiragongo - République Démocratique du Congo et Rwanda
11-29 août 2020: Kamchatka - Land of Colors - Kamchatka (Russia)
21-31 août 2020: Islands of Fire and Whales - Kurile Islands (Russia)
3-19 sept. 2020: Les volcans actifs de Java - Java (Indonésie)
20 sept. - 5 oct. 2020: Feu au Paradis des Mers du Sud - Vanuatu - Vanuatu (Mer du Sud)
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Tjörnes Fracture Zone (Iceland): earthquake swarm weakens
The Húsavík-Flatey (HFF) transform faut and location of earthquakes in the TFZ (IMO)
Saturday, Oct 05, 2013
The earthquake swarm has decreased in intensity. At least some scientists believe that the cause has been a magmatic intrusion in Iceland's northern rift zone that activated the Húsavík-Flatey (HFF) transform fault at the southern limit of the TFZ where the earthquakes were concentrated. [details]
Tjörnes Fracture Zone (Iceland): earthquake swarm as result of possible magma intrusion
Location of recent quakes at the TFZ
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013
An intense earthquake swarm has been going on offshore North Iceland, 10 km NW of Gjögurtá, since 25 September. This morning, 2 earthquakes reaching magnitude 3 and 3.2 occurred at 06:14 and 07:41. In total, more than 1000 quakes have been recorded by IMO. ... [details]
 

Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcan

Volcan sous-marin unknown summit elevation
North of Iceland, 66.3°N / -17.1°W
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 5) | Reports
Tjörnes Fracture Zone livres
Last update: 16 May 2018
Style éruptif tipique: unspecified
Eruptions du volcan Tjörnes Fracture Zone: 1868 
HeureMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Tue, 18 Feb 2020
Tue, 18 Feb 01:23 UTCM 0.7 / 3.8 km24 km12.2 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
Tue, 18 Feb 01:22 UTCM 0.9 / 3.6 km24 km11.9 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
Mon, 17 Feb 2020
Mon, 17 Feb 14:28 UTCM 1.0 / 1.1 km12 km23.9 km NE of Húsavík (Iceland)
Mon, 17 Feb 14:28 UTCM 1.6 / 7.5 km7 km21.0 km W of Kópasker (Iceland)
Sun, 16 Feb 2020
Sun, 16 Feb 13:37 UTCM 1.0 / 2.6 km24 km9.2 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
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The offshore Tjörnes Fracture Zone is an oblique transform zone that separates the northern volcanic zone of Iceland from the Kolbeinsey Ridge, part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of Iceland.

Introduction:

A submarine eruption was reported during 1867-1868 at the SE part of the fissure system off the northern coast of Iceland along the Manareyjar Ridge immediately north of Manareyjar Island.
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