Around 1h20am I woke up with the world shaking around me.There have been a series of earthquakes all over Iceland, mainly in the north, in the last hours and they will continue.
It started with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake 74km from Akureyri.
This is purely tectonic earthquake activity. It's just the Earth confirming that it's alive! (source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/)
It's all safe, so don't worry. It's actually pretty exciting to feel this powerful energy and knowing that we're in a safe environment to feel it (if we were in the middle of the urban jungle we should worry, but in the middle of Icelandic nature nothing bad will happen - if we were near a volcano we should keep an eye on it, but there's no volcanic activity nearby).
Did you hear about the earthquakes in Iceland in the place where you are reading this?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2012-10-21-01-25-22-utc-5-7-9
wow! espero que continue a ser 'só' uma experiência intensa e vibrante e que estejas mesmo em segurança ;)
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(e não, em Cabo Verde não se ouviu nada acerca de sismos por aí!)