How to read the Icelandic borehole strain and seismicity plots and NtV Riddle

In this post I will elaborate on how to understand the Icelandic borehole strain and seismicity graphs. For the experts I might just be stating the obvious, but for the more general public (like myself) this might be a guide on how to understand all these enigmatic waves and ripples. This map shows the locations…

“Don’t go for a hike up Hekla, Irpsit”

As pointed out by Diana Barnes our collective VC gut feelings tell us that Hekla is up to something. Strain counts reacting to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake today at 03:05:53 GMT at the Kuril Islands. For those people, including me, who always wondered, but never dared to ask, what the heck this ominous strain count means, this…

The Dead Zone

Updated 13 Sep 2012, see end of article. In logic, an assumption is a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it were true based upon presupposition without preponderance of the facts. (Wikipedia) Back around May of this year, Carl asked me to do a series of simulations using KWare’s Heat3D, a program written…

Odd strain at Hekla

Hekla have one of her days today. It all started at 08.56 with a small earthquake located at Árnes close to Haukadalur SIL-station. The earthquake was clearly tectonic and at a respectable depth of 6.2km. The earthquake will most likely be revised later as it is of low probability due to low energy released. What makes…