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Earthquakes on the Reykjanes peninsula during the past 2 weeks (image: IMO)

The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) announced earlier today, that the total number of earthquakes in the region has exceeded 34,000 since the onset of the seismic swarm about 2 weeks ago.

For comparison, it had about 3,400 quakes in the whole of 2020, which also had shown elevated activity, while the average during the previous years was in the range of 1,000-3,000 quakes per year.

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The red shimmer from magma flowing out from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano behind the

landmark Blue Lagoon, some 45 km west of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, on March 19, 2021