Mag. 4.4 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 210 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 18:09 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 5.5 quake Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 224 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, 15 September 2014 08:05 GMT, which had occurred 2 days earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 2 km depth
17 Sep 18:18 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 8 minutes.
Sep 18 07:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.4.
Sep 18 07:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.4.
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.58°N / 17.66°W
(Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, Iceland)Nearest volcano: Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (3 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
172 km (107 mi) WSW of Egilsstaðir (pop: 2,300) --> See nearby quakes!
210 km (130 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.4 | 2 km | ICELAND | EMSC |
| M 4.2 | 10 km | Iceland | GFZ |
| M 5.2 | 5.9 km | 7.0 km ESE of Bárðarbunga | IMO |
| M 4.6 | 10 km | 129km S of Akureyri, Iceland | USGS |
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Mag. 4.4 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 210 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 18:09 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
