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About 7000 earthquakes since July 4th
Updated 7th July 2023 at 4:15pm UTC
Shortly before midnight on 6th July a seismic sequence commenced close to Eldey Island on Reykjanes ridge, approximately 10 km southwest off of Reykjanes peninsula. At 15:00 today (7th July) over 480 earthquakes have been measured there. Thereof 38 earthquakes have been manually analysed and checked. Ten earthquakes larger that 3 and six larger than 4 have occurred, the largest being 4,5 in magnitude at 5:06 this morning. Earthquake sequences in this area are not uncommon but this current activity is unusually high. In light of that the aviation colorcode, for Eldey volcanic system, will be changed to yellow.
Courtesy of Icelandic Meteorological office
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