Overview of Earthquake activity

Around 500 earthquakes were located by IMO‘s SIL seismic network in Week 25, June 17 and June 23. The volcanic eruption near Grindavík ended on the 22 June. The largest earthquakes this week measured M3.3 and M3.1. The former occured in Mýrdalsjökull at 21:26 the 19 June and the latter occured at 22:42 at Brennisteinsfjöll the 23 June. A short lived seismic swarm occured in Askja the 17-18 June, the largest earthquake detected was a M1.6.

Further news on the ongoing activity near Grindavík can be found here and is updated regularly.

Around 350 earthquakes were located by IMO‘s SIL seismic network in Week 24, June 10th to June 16th. The largest earthquakes were located on Reykjanes Ridge on the 15th of june, 2.87 and 2.74 of magnitude, and in Bárðarbunga on the 13th of june which was magnitude 2.79. The seismicity this week has seen very normal seismicity in Iceland.

In the dyke near Grindavík the seismicity has been close to none since the eruption started, which is to be expected when an eruption is ongoing.

Further news on the ongoing activity near Grindavík can be found here and is updated regularly.

Around 600 earthquakes were located by IMO‘s SIL seismic network in Week 23, June 03rd to June 09th. The largest earthquakes this week measured M2.9. They where three in total but in different places, one just East of Herðubreið on June 03rd, near Húsmúlí on June 03rd and in Hengill on June 04th. Earthquake activity in the dike near Grindavík has been very little during the last week. In the western Hengill region in Húsmúli around 70 earthquakes were detected. Around 20 earthquakes were detected near Askja and more than 300 earthquakes near Herðubreið and Herðubreiðartögl.

Further news on the ongoing activity near Grindavík can be found here and is updated regularly.

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