4 minutes agoSweden records one of its strongest earthquakes ever
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(6 years ago)Sweden has recorded one of its largest earthquakes ever, as a 4.1 - magnitude quake struck the largest underground iron mine today. The quake north of the Arctic Circle was slightly less than the record-sized 4.3 quake in Sweden that hit the south of the country in [...]
Sweden has recorded one of its largest earthquakes ever, as a 4.1 - magnitude quake struck the largest underground iron mine today.
The earthquake north of the Arctic Circle was slightly less than the record-sized 4.3 quake in Sweden, which hit the country's south in December 2008.
Thirteen people were in the mine at the time, but no one was injured, and the object was closed.
The mine, which is over a century, produced more than 14 tons of iron minerals in 2019.
The facility, run by the state-owned firm LKAB, is known as the Kiruna Mine behind the town where it is located.
Fredrik Bjorkenwall, spokesman for the LKAB, told Aftonbladet that the water level in the Kiruna mine is growing, but the pumps were operating.
The Norwegian seismic Network NORSAR said the earthquake was linked to xehez extraction activities.
The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University also measured the 4.1-sized earthquake, Kosovo Press broadcasts.
