Volcanoes Today, 18 Feb 2013 - recent updates on world-wide volcanic activity: Torfajökull, Little Sitkin

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Source: Volcano Discovery - 2/18/13

Map of recent quakes under Torfajökull (Iceland Met Office)

Map of recent quakes under Torfajökull (Iceland Met Office)
 

Seismic signal from Little Sitkin on 16 Feb 2013 (AVO)

Seismic signal from Little Sitkin on 16 Feb 2013 (AVO)
 

Torfajökull (Iceland): A small earthquake swarm has started today. It includes about 20 quakes of small magnitude at shallow depths of 2-4 km.
Whether the swarm is related to magma movements is unknown.

Little Sitkin (Western Aleutian Islands): An earthquake swarm occurred yesterday, but it's not strong enough to trigger a raise of alert level.

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