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Posts treating: "Earthquake activity"

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

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Earthquake faults and active tectonics around the Eastern Basin and Range region: (1) the Wasatch Fault 

Stephane on Blogger Earthquakes, geology and related topics... but not only [2016-06-21 23:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (657 visits) info

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Jim McCalpin brought us -a group of 22 lucky guys- all around the eastern Basin-and-Range province, through Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. We could admire beautiful landscapes and discover stunning geological traces of historical and recent tectonic/volcanic activity.This road trip occurred before the 7th INQUA PATA Days that was held in Crestone, Colorado.The Wasatch Range and its ~300 km long fault systemThe Tour started in Salt Lake City, Utah. The city is bounded to the east by the [...]

Increased activity in Öræfajökull volcano noticed 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-06-17 23:15:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (208 visits) info

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It has been noticed that earthquake activity in Öræfajökull volcano is slowly increasing. At the moment this increase is just in the form of minor earthquakes taking place in the volcano at 5 – 10 km depth (at … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga, Öræfajökull, Langjökull north volcanos 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-05-13 00:31:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (198 visits) info

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This is going to be a little compressed article. Since I’m currently in Iceland. I’ll be back in Denmark on 18-May. No GVP links now. I don’t think that my laptop can handle it (its slowly turning into … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano (Week 17) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-05-02 23:49:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
After a short period of quiet, it seems that Bárðarbunga volcano has started again making earthquake swarms. The source of this activity is the same as before, inflation of Bárðarbunga volcano and infiltration of magma at shallow depth … Continue reading

Earthquake activity ramps up in southeastern Arizona 

Arizona Geology [2016-04-12 19:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (132 visits) info

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There have been at least 22 small earthquakes in the last 24 hours south of Duncan in southeastern Arizona, near the New Mexico border, according to Dr. Jeri Young, who manages the state seismic monitoring network here at AZGS.   A magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 8:22 a.m. today is the largest one detected.  There are reports of shaking being felt  by residents in the area.   [Right, orange

Magnitude 4,2 earthquake in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-04-08 15:38:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info

 KM
Shortly after midnight of 8-April-2016 a magnitude 4,2 earthquake took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. This earthquake activity was shallow, most depth was around 3 to 5 km. Few earthquakes took place at 7 to 11 km depth, suggesting … Continue reading

Deep earthquake activity in Askja volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-04-07 14:54:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info

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Yesterday (06-April-2016) a swarm of deep earthquakes took place in Askja volcano. None of the earthquakes that took place where large in magnitude, with the largest one having a magnitude of 1,6. Earthquake activity in Askja volcano, close … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano (Week 13) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-04-03 19:37:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (240 visits) info

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Before I start. I want to remind people on this article here that I wrote about my move to Denmark. Today (3-April-2016) magnitude 3,4 earthquake took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. It was followed by few minor aftershocks. Pre-earthquake … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga and Grímsfjall volcanoes 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-03-18 03:00:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
Yesterday (17-March-2016) an earthquake swarm took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. This is a weekly cycle at the moment in Bárðarbunga volcano so older readers are used to see and read about it already. This started in September 2015 … Continue reading

Earthquakes north of Kolbeinsey Island 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-03-16 18:46:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info

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Today (16-March-2016) there was an earthquake swarm around 110 km north of Kolbeinsey Island. At this location there are no registered or known volcanoes, there however might be one, but it is difficult to confirm. This earthquake activity … Continue reading

Earthquake swarm in Bárðarbunga volcano (Week 09) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-03-03 00:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
Bárðarbunga volcano continues it earthquake activity and it has now been a year since the eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano ended in Holuhraun (article I wrote about it can be found here). This activity (image) took place on 2-March-2016. … Continue reading

Short overview of earthquake activity in Iceland 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-02-28 22:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info

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This is a short update of earthquake activity in Iceland on 28-February-2016. Bárðarbunga volcano Over the past 48 hours there has been earthquake activity and dyke activity in Bárðarbunga volcano. Some of this earthquake activity has been on … Continue reading

Update on Bárðarbunga volcano (Week 06/2016) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-02-11 22:14:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (186 visits) info
Short update on Bárðarbunga volcano. Bárðarbunga volcano continues to inflate at the depth of 15 – 10 km. Making it hard to observe it on the surface. Earthquake activity continues to increase, with regular earthquake swarms with magnitude … Continue reading

WEBINAR: Yes, Humans Really Are Causing Earthquakes 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [2016-02-08 18:15:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (236 visits) info

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ABSTRACT: The central United States is experiencing an unprecedented surge in earthquakes that began in 2009, rising from an average of 21 magnitude 3 and larger quakes to over 650 in 2014 alone. This increased earthquake activity is found in just a few concentrated regions around the country, with the lion’s share in Oklahoma. In 2014 there were more magnitude 3 and larger earthquakes

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-12-20 19:46:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (225 visits) info
Last night (20-December-2015) a earthquake activity took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. Largest earthquake in this short earthquake swarm had the magnitude of 3,5 and the second largest earthquake had the magnitude of 3,1. This earthquake activity is shallow … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Katla volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-09-23 01:22:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info

 KM
Today (22-September-2015) there was an swarm of earthquakes in Katla volcano at shallow depth. Largest earthquake had the magnitude of 3,3 with the depth of 0,1 km. The earthquake looks long period from the looks of my geophone … Continue reading

Earthquake activity on the Reykjanes ridge 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-09-11 23:09:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
Yesterday (10-September-2015) there was an earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge. This earthquake swarm was small and the largest earthquake only had the magnitude of 3,1. Other earthquakes where smaller in magnitude. Earthquake activity on the Reykjanes ridge. … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Western Fracture Zone (WFZ) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-07-08 01:08:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info

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Rare earthquake swarm has been taking place in Western Fracture Zone in Iceland. This fracture zone is between Western Volcanic Zone (WVZ) and Snæfellsnes volcanoes. It is mostly dormant with no earthquake activity at all. When earthquake activity … Continue reading

Earthquake swarm continues on Reykjanes ridge, small chance of eruption 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-07-02 00:56:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
Today (01-July-2015) earthquake activity continued on the Reykjanes ridge, largest earthquakes so far are magnitude 5,0 (EMSC information here). Second largest earthquake had magnitude 4,8, other earthquakes have been smaller in magnitude. Total of 35 earthquakes that have … Continue reading

Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2015-06-11 00:39:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info

 KM,IS
Today (10-June-2015) an magnitude 3,3 earthquake took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. This earthquake had the depth of 6,3 km. Magnitude 3,3 earthquake in Bárðarbunga volcano is shown with the green star. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic … Continue reading
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