Saturday, February 4, 2012

Earthquakes in Mount Hengill


Tonight has been earthquake activity in Mount Hengill about 25 km away from my hometown Selfoss.
About 40 earthquakes up to size 2,5 have occured. Mount Hengill is a volcano.
The origin of the earthquakes is that water is pumped down in drill holes. The water has been used for electricity production.
Previous earthquakes activity last year made people living in the town Hveragerði worried and they demanted that the pumping would be stopped.

 http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

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