Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 detected on Vatnajökull Glacier this morning
Bárðarbunga in Vatnajökull Glacier. mbl.is/Árni Sæberg
An earthquake measuring 3.1 occurred on Vatnajökull glacier just before 7 a.m. this morning. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers east of Hamrin and it was measured at a depth of four to five kilometers.
According to Steinunn Helgadóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, this was an isolated event.
„It was just a single earthquake, and no aftershock activity has been detected so far, but we will continue to monitor the area,“ she said.
Helgadóttir added that in December last year, an earthquake of similar magnitude was measured in the same area.
The earthquake measured 3.1 in magnitude. Map/Icelandic Meteorological Office
