The rifting which was discussed in the last posts is still happening in Iceland but the quakes seem to have tranquilized a little bit. http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/tjornes-small/ Still lots more earthquakes as on a regular day in Iceland in the last few months… El Hierro seems to go dormant at the moment too. There were earthquakes in the…
How rifting occurs in Iceland: Iceland sits in the rifting area between two tectonic plates. The North American and European drift apart in opposite directions. One towards east-southeast, the other towards west-northwest. However the rifting is not homogeneous. It occurs differently in different sections of the rift area. Please have a look at the following…
A 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Lata, on Santa Cruz in Temotu, the eastern-most province in the Solomons last thursday. There have been many many aftershocks, the largest of which had magnitude 7.0 and quite many earthquakes stronger than magnitude 6. The 8.0 quake caused a Tsunami which caused the death of 13…
Let’s start with this excerpt from the Nature article: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110914/full/477264a.html Quote: “From when he was a young boy growing up in a house on Via Antinori in the medieval heart of this earthquake-prone Italian city, Vincenzo Vittorini remembers the ritual whenever the family felt a seismic tremor overnight. “My father was afraid of earthquakes, so…
An Earthquake swarm started in northern Iceland during the night to the 21th. Images taken from http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/ islander says: October 21, 2012 at 01:44 Quite heavy earthquake swarm in North of Iceland, Siglufjörður region and tjörnes Rift Zone. Currently 31 quake larger than 3 Richter (them stars), several over 4. Some broken windows and Church…
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