was measured
since last Saturday. It was M2.3 yesterday at 04:08. In total around 60 earthquakes were detected around the
caldera since Saturday.
Around 120 earthquakes were detected in the dyke during the same period. The strongest one was measured
M1.6 on Sunday at 02:10. A slightly more activity is now measured in the dyke, which is most likely due to
decreased pressure.
Three earthquakes
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width of 15–20 cm and a
maximum vertical displacement of the lower with respect to the upper edge of 10 cm. After a
long wet period in August–October 2001, with several heavy rainstorms, additional cracks, the
largest of which ca. 100 m long, were discovered close to the rim of Þófi near Hæðarlækur. The
movement of the surface slowed down and essentially stopped without a catastrophic failure
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