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An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 hit the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, at 2:15 pm yesterday,
mbl.is reports. Its
source was 5.4 km southwest of Fagradalsfjall mountain. Residents as far away as Sauðárkrókur, North Iceland, reported having felt it, as well as ones in Vestmannaeyjar islands and Kirkjubæjarklaustur, South Iceland.
It was followed 20 seconds later by another quake of magnitude 4.0, prolonging the vibration of people's houses and increasing the sensation of being rocked by a boat. Earlier in the day, at 12:34 pm, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 had already hit the area.
The M5.4 quake was the second largest since the swarm of earthquakes began with one of magnitude 5.7 on February 24.
Scientist are closely monitoring the area for the possibility of a volcanic eruption.
A recording from the security camera of the rescue team Þorbjörn's building in the town of Grindavík, on the Reykjanes peninsula, clearly shows how the quake shook vehicles, stored inside the building, located less than 5 km from the source. The video was posted by the rescue team on Facebook.
Comment: Note that our planet is not only suffering extreme droughts, extreme flooding is also on the rise, and research shows that both of these patterns have occurred before, and it would appear that they're part of a cycle that is linked to ice ages; however, as revealed in the article, it would appear that, this time, it may be even more severe:
- Cyclical climate change: Major drought in the Middle Ages and its parallels with today
- Highest flooding in Europe for 500 years, historical records show correlation with abnormal cold
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- Gulf Stream System at its weakest in over a millennium, last significant decline recorded during the little ice age
- NASA: Recent "Greening Earth" has had strong cooling effect on land
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