Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.4 earthquake hits the Gulf of Alaska.

5.1 earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

5.1 earthquake hits Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia.

Earthquake Swarm hits Iceland

Almost thirty earthquakes occurred in North Iceland and the ocean north of Iceland Monday night. The largest earthquake of the swarm occcured at 2.30 AM at a magnitude of 3.0. Its origins were around 20 km North East of Siglufjörður. The swarm began at around 00.30 Monday night and most of them were at a magnitude of between 1.0 and 2.0. An earthquake of 2.8 occurred North East of Grímsey. The Iceland Met Office sees no cause for concern but is carefully monitoring events.