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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. [more]
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. ... [more]
 

Tjörnes Fracture Zone volcano

submarine volcano unknown summit elevation, North of Iceland, 66.3°N / -17.1°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (19 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Tue, 28 Jan 00:04 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Mon, 27 Jan 2020
Mon, 27 Jan 19:26 UTCM 0.9 / 1.1 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (17 km) - North of Iceland 11.9 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 27 Jan 14:02 UTCM 0.5 / 3.3 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (21 km) - North of Iceland 10.7 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 27 Jan 08:27 UTCM 1.6 / 10 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (9 km) - North of Iceland 22.0 km WNW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 26 Jan 2020
Sun, 26 Jan 23:54 UTCM 1.1 / 8.4 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (12 km) - North of Iceland 17.8 km W of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 25 Jan 2020
Sat, 25 Jan 22:00 UTCM 1.3 / 3.5 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (23 km) - North of Iceland 17.7 km ENE of Húsavík (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 25 Jan 20:16 UTCM 0.7 / 0.1 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (20 km) - North of Iceland 10.6 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 25 Jan 19:55 UTCM 1.0 / 8 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (22 km) - North of Iceland 15.6 km E of Flatey (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 25 Jan 19:55 UTCM 0.8 / 12.8 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (20 km) - North of Iceland 17.0 km ENE of Flatey (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 25 Jan 17:28 UTCM 1.0 / 3.7 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (22 km) - North of Iceland 11.4 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 (9 earthquakes)
Fri, 24 Jan 20:16 UTCM 1.2 / 4.4 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (15 km) - North of Iceland 13.6 km W of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 14:20 UTCM 0.4 / 4.9 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (23 km) - North of Iceland 8.0 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 12:32 UTCM 0.5 / 9.6 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (17 km) - North of Iceland 17.5 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 09:54 UTCM 1.1 / 10.4 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (22 km) - North of Iceland 17.6 km NW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 08:36 UTCM 1.0 / 3.4 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (25 km) - North of Iceland 6.7 km SW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 08:36 UTCM 0.7 / 2.3 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (21 km) - North of Iceland 8.8 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 02:55 UTCM 1.0 / 5.4 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (18 km) - North of Iceland 12.8 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 02:55 UTCM 0.8 / 5 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (18 km) - North of Iceland 12.9 km WSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Fri, 24 Jan 00:41 UTCM 0.9 / 0.1 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (26 km) - North of Iceland 23.6 km ESE of Grímsey (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Tue, 21 Jan 2020
Tue, 21 Jan 21:29 UTCM 1.4 / 7.9 km - [info]Tjörnes Fracture Zone (27 km) - North of Iceland 8.0 km SSW of Kópasker (Iceland)
[Map]		IMO
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5.4*10^7 J (15.1 KWh) [learn more]

Earthquake statistics

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