Strong ground motion from the seismic swarms preceding the 2021 and 2022 volcanic eruptions at Fagradalsfjall, Iceland

• Published in: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
• Main Authors: Hernandez-Aguirre V. M., Rupakhety R., Olafsson S., Bessason B., Erlingsson S., Paolucci R., Smerzini C.
• Other Authors: Hernandez-Aguirre, V. M., Rupakhety, R., Olafsson, S., Bessason, B., Erlingsson, S., Paolucci, R., Smerzini, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Volcano-tectonic earthquake; Earthquake swarm; Ground motion model (GMM); IceSMN; Fagradalsfall; Iceland eruption; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11311/1245637; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01725-8

The Geldingadalir and Meradalir eruptions at Mt. Fagradalsfjall in the Reykjanes Peninsula on 19 March 2021 and 3 August 2022, respectively, were preceded by intense volcano-tectonic swarms. Eight earthquakes with M ≥ 5 were recorded by the Icelandic Strong Motion Network. We present an overview of...