Overview of Earthquake activity

In the 28th week of 2024 around 430 earthquakes were located on the IMO‘s seismic network. The activity was scattered all over the country, but there was also some seismic activity observed off shore on the Reykjanes and Kolbeinsey ridges. The largest events of the week were located on the ridges, there of two M3.5 on Kolbeinsey ridge. The largest event on land was a M2.3 on Sunday July 14th, located in Húsfellsbruni, around 5 km west of Mount Vífilsfell in Bláfjöll.

News on activity near the town of Grindavík can be found here.

More than 510 earthquakes were located by IMO‘s SIL seismic network in Week 27, from July 1st to July 7th 2024. Four earthquakes above M3.0 were measured in week 27, one of them was mesured in western part of Langjökull glacier, just norðeast of Geitlandsjökull glacier but around 300 events were measured there on July 3rd. Another large earthquake was measured by Lambafell in the easternmost part of the Reykjanes Peninsula on July 5th where a small earhquake swarm of 60 events were located in the same approximate location. On the same day July 5th arund 10 earthquakes were measured about 90km WSW of Reykjanes, two events there were above M3.0 including the largest earthquake this week of M3.4.

News on activity near the town of Grindavík can be found here.

Around 390 earthquakes were located by IMO‘s SIL seismic network in Week 26, June 24 and June 30. Upflift continues in Svartsengi with minor seismic activity. The largest earthquakes this week measured M3.4 and M3.1. The former occured in Bárðarbunga on June 30 and the latter southeast of Heiðmörk on June 25. About 10 earthquakes were detected in Öræfajökull, the largest a M1.7.

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

For more detailed earthquake activity: Skjálfta Lísa