Potential Area of Eruption Larger than Before Fagradalsfjall mountain. Photo/Skúli Halldórsson Vala Hafstað Morgunblaðið . He believes that area to include Fagradalsfjall and vicinity, not the area south of the mountain. According to Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, tectonics specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, the magma dyke may have reached a hindrance or constriction under the Nátthagi area, south of Fagradalsfjall. Constant expansion is being registered in the area, and magma continues to flow into the dyke. Benedikt deduces this from the latest satellite picture, analyzed yesterday. Geophysicist Freysteinn Sigmundsson. mbl.is/Kristinn Magnússon The comparison of satellite pictures taken in the past weeks shows tectonic divergence on both sides of the magma dyke, which has formed between the mountains Keilir and Fagradalsfjall, amounting to up to 10 cm on each side, Freysteinn tells
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Update Sun, 14 Mar 2021, 12:51
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.9 just reported 49 km east of Akureyri, Iceland
4.9 quake 14 Mar 12:35 pm (GMT +0)
The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in Iceland near Akureyri, Akureyrarkaupstaður, Northeast, only 16 minutes ago. The earthquake hit around noon on Sunday 14 March 2021 at 12:35 pm local time at a shallow depth of 17.9 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.