characterized by parallel, N-S oriented, vertical strike-
slip faults. In the last 19 years of SIL network operation, over
130 thousand microearthquakes
have been recorded in southwest Iceland, and in the last nine years, three M>6 and six M>5
events have occurred in the SISZ and Reykjanes peninsula (stars in Figure 1).
Figure 1. A map of south-west Iceland showing Reykjanes Peninsula
/media/vedurstofan/utgafa/skyrslur/2010/2010_012rs.pdf