Helsinki, March 13 -- Large earthquake swarms started in southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula since the afternoon of Wednesday.
More than 190 earthquakes have been detected as of evening, reported the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO).
There were three major earthquakes of more than magnitude 3, among which the biggest one was magnitude 3.4, announced IMO.
Johanna Malen Skuladottir, a natural disaster specialist at IMO, said in an interview with Icelandic Radio (RUV) that intense earthquake swarms like this were common in this location and were not believed to be linked to volcanic activity.
"The earthquakes are possibly triggered due to changes in the stress field on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in parallel with earthquakes t...