Nature and Travel
| mbl
| Wed 19 Dec 2018
| 9.36 GMT
One hundred earthquakes at Herðubreið yesterday
Mount Herðubreið in the highlands. mbl.is/Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson
An earthquake measuring 3.4 occurred in Vatnajökull at 18:45 last night, and a swarm of smaller earthquakes occurred near mount Herðubreið. There were 100 small earthquakes altogether.
According to the Iceland Met Office there is no need to worry for the time being.
Another earthquake in Bárðarbunga measuring 3.6 also took place yesterday but according to the Met Office there's no sign of an eruption.
