Volcano earthquake report for Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018

Wednesday Sep 26, 2018 23:50 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 26 Sep 2018 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.

Quakes detected near: Bardarbunga (1 quake mag 1.2), Clear Lake (8 quakes between mag 0.4-1.2), Kilauea (4 quakes between mag 1.2-2.7), Mammoth Mountain (2 quakes between mag 0.5-1.4), Mauna Kea (1 quake mag 2.1), Mono Lake (1 quake mag 1.1)
Pavlof Sister (1 quake mag 1.1), Reykjanes (2 quakes between mag 1.0-1.1), Ruapehu (5 quakes between mag 0.7-1.0), Timber Mountain (5 quakes between mag 0.6-1.7), White Island (4 quakes between mag 2.1-2.2), Öraefajökull (21 quakes between mag 0.1-1.5) (updated 23h50)

Note: Earthquakes within 20 km from and at depths less than 20 km under active volcanoes are reported. The list is not complete because many volcanoes are not monitored and/or seismic data in high resolution is not available publicly.

Volcanoes with recent earthquakes above magnitude 2 or more than 10 quakes are listed below:

Kilauea volcano (Hawai’i (Big Island)): 4 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.7

4 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 22 hours, the last being recorded quake 1 hour 1 minutes ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 18.9 and 0.0 km.
Earthquake details:
M 2.7 quake: 4km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, 26 Sep 18h07 (5 km NNW)
M 2.1 quake: ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII on Wed, 26 Sep 00h30 (4 km SSW)
M 2.0 quake: ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII on Wed, 26 Sep 22h49 (13 km SW)
M 1.2 quake: 18km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, 26 Sep 20h21 (14 km S)
All earthquakes at Kilauea

Mauna Kea volcano (Hawai’i (Big Island)): magnitude 2.1 earthquake

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake occurred at the volcano 15 hours ago. The quake, which might be volcanic in origin, was located at a depth of 6.6 km depth at 12 km distance NE from the volcano.
Earthquake details:
M 2.1 quake: 14km S of Waimea, Hawaii on Wed, 26 Sep 08h56 (12 km NE)
All earthquakes at Mauna Kea

White Island volcano (New Zealand): 4 earthquakes up to magnitude 2.2

4 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 16 minutes, the last being recorded quake 7 hours ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 1.8 and 1.0 km.
Earthquake details:
M 2.2 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 26 Sep 17h15 (8 km SE)
M 2.1 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 26 Sep 17h18 (19 km SE)
M 2.1 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 26 Sep 17h14 (19 km ESE)
M 2.1 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 26 Sep 17h02 (17 km SE)
All earthquakes at White Island

Öraefajökull volcano (Iceland): 21 earthquakes up to magnitude 1.5

Possible earthquake swarm: 21 earthquakes occurred near (under) the volcano during 20 hours, the last being recorded quake 1 hour 34 minutes ago. Hypocenter depths ranged between 8.7 and 1.0 km.
Earthquake details: (only 5 largest)
M 1.5 quake: 3.8 km E of Hvannadalshnjúkur on Wed, 26 Sep 10h47 (2 km WNW)
M 1.3 quake: 1.4 km SSE of Hvannadalshnjúkur on Wed, 26 Sep 17h28 (1 km E)
M 1.2 quake: 4.6 km SSE of Hvannadalshnjúkur on Wed, 26 Sep 22h12 (2 km SSW)
M 1.2 quake: 3.6 km E of Hvannadalshnjúkur on Wed, 26 Sep 10h47 (3 km NW)
M 0.9 quake: 5.5 km NE of Hvannadalshnjúkur on Wed, 26 Sep 18h49 (6 km NNW)
All earthquakes at Öraefajökull

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