Mt. Thorbjorn volcano (Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland): increasing earthquake intensity

The seismic crisis on the Reykjanes peninsula continues. It shows no signs of weakening, but has intensified during the past days. While hundreds of small quakes have been occurring each day, several tremors have now reached magnitudes above 3, the largest one being a felt quake on Friday with magnitude 4.3 at 6 km depth 4.3 km NNE of Grindavík. The earthquake swarm is interpreted as…

Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Feb 2020: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Kerinci, Rincón…

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Mild to moderate summit activity continues at the volcano. In particular, the strombolian activity from the intra-crater cone inside the Voragine (Central) summit crater, has resumed during the past days and sometimes produces impressive fireworks of incandescent lava being thrown much higher than the crater rim. This activity had started on 12 Sep and over the months…