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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] 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. ...
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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) (94 quakes) all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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Time Mag. / Depth Distance Location Map Source Sat, 21 Apr Sat, 21 Apr 07:46 UTC M 1.2 / 6.1 km - [info ] ( 0 km) 7.5 km SE of Gjögurtá [Map] IMO Sat, 21 Apr 04:27 UTC M 1.1 / 10.9 km - [info ] ( 31 km) 13.1 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr (10 earthquakes)Fri, 20 Apr 20:06 UTC M 0.7 / 3.9 km - [info ] Krafla () - Northeastern Iceland 2.0 km SSW of Kröfluvirkjun [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 18:07 UTC M 1.3 / 9.2 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 29.9 km ESE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:15 UTC M 0.6 / 3.1 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.2 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 08:15 UTC M 0.9 / 3 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.3 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:56 UTC M 0.3 / 3.9 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.4 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:56 UTC M 0.9 / 5 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.2 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:34 UTC M 0.9 / 6.9 km - [info ] ( 31 km) 12.2 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 07:29 UTC M 1.4 / 2.3 km - [info ] ( 34 km) 13.5 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 06:40 UTC M 0.8 / 12.9 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 9.4 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Fri, 20 Apr 03:48 UTC M 0.7 / 1.3 km - [info ] ( 34 km) 12.9 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr (11 earthquakes)Thu, 19 Apr 15:49 UTC M 1.1 / 6.4 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 32.1 km NNW of Siglufjörður [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 15:49 UTC M 1.4 / 1.1 km - [info ] ( 39 km) 28.6 km N of Siglufjörður [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 15:14 UTC M 0.7 / 8.6 km - [info ] ( 37 km) 1.5 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 14:26 UTC M 0.8 / 4.9 km - [info ] Theistareykjarbunga () 2.6 km WSW of Þeistareykir [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 14:26 UTC M 0.4 / 5.8 km - [info ] Theistareykjarbunga () 4.0 km SW of Þeistareykir [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 06:03 UTC M 1.1 / 10.6 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 15.7 km E of Grímsey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 05:47 UTC M 0.5 / 2.2 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.6 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 03:11 UTC M 0.3 / 10.2 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 8.4 km E of Flatey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 00:44 UTC M 1.3 / 7 km - [info ] ( 33 km) 10.7 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 00:44 UTC M 1.0 / 1.2 km - [info ] ( 35 km) 11.0 km E of Grímsey [Map] IMO Thu, 19 Apr 00:36 UTC M 1.4 / 12.5 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 10.5 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Wed, 18 Apr Wed, 18 Apr 23:15 UTC M 2.3 / 12.4 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 44.5 km W of Grímsey [Map] IMO Wed, 18 Apr 21:36 UTC M 1.0 / 8.7 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 0.9 km WSW of Flatey [Map] IMO Wed, 18 Apr 14:43 UTC M 1.2 / 5.8 km - [info ] ( 32 km) 12.3 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Wed, 18 Apr 05:42 UTC M 0.7 / 10.5 km - [info ] ( 44 km) 20.3 km NW of Gjögurtá [Map] IMO Wed, 18 Apr 00:36 UTC M 1.5 / 1.1 km - [info ] ( 46 km) 14.9 km E of Akureyri [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr (23 earthquakes)Tue, 17 Apr 23:29 UTC M 0.8 / 14.5 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 16.5 km N of Húsavík [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 23:29 UTC M 1.2 / 12 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 16.4 km N of Húsavík [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 12:40 UTC M 1.6 / 7.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 0.8 km NW of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 11:41 UTC M 1.2 / 11.8 km - [info ] ( 33 km) 12.4 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 11:10 UTC M 2.4 / 8.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 1.5 km NNW of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 10:55 UTC M 1.5 / 10.9 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.1 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 08:04 UTC M 1.1 / 21.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 43.5 km W of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 08:04 UTC M 2.1 / 8.8 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 44.8 km N of Siglufjörður [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 06:41 UTC M 1.1 / 5.6 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 10.9 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 06:41 UTC M 0.8 / 9.8 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 10.3 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 06:40 UTC M 1.3 / 11 km - [info ] ( 33 km) 11.9 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 03:35 UTC M 1.3 / 10.7 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 13.1 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 03:31 UTC M 1.7 / 15.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.8 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 03:23 UTC M 0.9 / 11.7 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 13.1 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 02:48 UTC M 0.9 / 13 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 9.4 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 02:44 UTC M 0.2 / 8.6 km - [info ] ( 37 km) 1.0 km WSW of Flatey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 02:09 UTC M 1.8 / 8.6 km - [info ] ( 37 km) 1.3 km WSW of Flatey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 01:49 UTC M 1.4 / 3.6 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 13.6 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 01:49 UTC M 1.1 / 8 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.8 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 01:48 UTC M 1.9 / 12.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 13.4 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 01:16 UTC M 1.2 / 8.4 km - [info ] ( 37 km) 0.9 km SSW of Flatey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 01:16 UTC M 0.8 / 8.7 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 1.3 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Apr 00:42 UTC M 0.4 / 9.3 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 2.0 km NW of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr (23 earthquakes)Mon, 16 Apr 23:50 UTC M 1.8 / 8.9 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 1.4 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 23:35 UTC M 0.5 / 8.3 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 1.0 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 22:48 UTC M 0.4 / 8.6 km - [info ] ( 37 km) 1.0 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 22:36 UTC M 0.9 / 11.5 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.3 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 21:47 UTC M 1.2 / 7 km - [info ] ( 33 km) 13.7 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 21:26 UTC M 1.6 / 13.3 km - [info ] ( 34 km) 13.2 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 20:45 UTC M 1.0 / 10 km - [info ] ( 30 km) 20.9 km ESE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 20:05 UTC M 0.4 / 5.7 km - [info ] ( 32 km) 13.3 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 19:26 UTC M 1.8 / 15.1 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 20.3 km E of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 14:02 UTC M 0.4 / 10.1 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 1.9 km W of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 14:02 UTC M 1.0 / 10.2 km - [info ] ( 39 km) 2.4 km W of Flatey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 12:49 UTC M 1.1 / 14 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.3 km N of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 12:49 UTC M 1.5 / 10.2 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.9 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 11:30 UTC M 0.9 / 12.7 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.4 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 11:30 UTC M 1.2 / 5.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.6 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 10:34 UTC M 1.4 / 22.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 44.1 km W of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 10:34 UTC M 1.9 / 12.5 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 44.5 km N of Siglufjörður [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 08:12 UTC M 0.9 / 15.9 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 34.4 km WNW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 07:05 UTC M 0.8 / 12.9 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 32.0 km ESE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 07:05 UTC M 1.3 / 5 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 31.9 km ESE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 06:26 UTC M 0.5 / 1.4 km - [info ] ( 34 km) 12.5 km ENE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 05:03 UTC M 1.2 / 2.1 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.1 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Apr 01:26 UTC M 0.7 / 13 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 11.6 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr (13 earthquakes)Sun, 15 Apr 20:57 UTC M 0.5 / 10.9 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.0 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 19:40 UTC M 1.4 / 9.7 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 21.5 km E of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 15:18 UTC M 1.9 / 10 km - [info ] ( 32 km) 21.2 km E of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 14:38 UTC M 0.6 / 3.6 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.3 km SW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 14:38 UTC M 0.9 / 2.3 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 12.7 km SSW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 14:14 UTC M 2.1 / 12.8 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.8 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 10:11 UTC M 0.5 / 13 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 12.3 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 09:12 UTC M 1.3 / 10 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 50.9 km NNE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 08:54 UTC M 0.5 / 10.2 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 9.1 km E of Flatey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 07:33 UTC M 0.9 / 3.2 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 13.7 km NE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 05:27 UTC M 1.8 / 11.2 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 34.7 km WNW of Kópasker [Map] IMO Gurgaon India / MMI II (Very weak shaking)Sun, 15 Apr 04:36 UTC M 0.2 / 10.1 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 2.9 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Apr 00:06 UTC M 0.7 / 10.2 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 19.7 km S of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr (7 earthquakes)Sat, 14 Apr 23:13 UTC M 0.8 / 9.1 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 1.7 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 21:10 UTC M 1.5 / 14.1 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 27.6 km ESE of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 17:21 UTC M 0.2 / 8.6 km - [info ] ( 38 km) 1.5 km SW of Flatey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 16:41 UTC M 2.0 / 17.7 km - [info ] Kolbeinsey Ridge () - North of Iceland, Iceland 18.0 km NW of Grímsey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 14:16 UTC M 1.2 / 8.5 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 1.0 km WSW of Flatey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 08:55 UTC M 0.6 / 5.3 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 16.5 km W of Kópasker [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Apr 08:55 UTC M 0.8 / 7.9 km - [info ] Tjörnes Fracture Zone () - North of Iceland 15.0 km W of Kópasker [Map] IMO
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