Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 227 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 17:11 (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 5 days earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth
20 Sep 17:18 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
Sep 20 20:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.5.
Sep 20 20:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.5.
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.65°N / 17.33°W
(Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, Iceland)Nearest volcano: Bardarbunga (4 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
102 km (63 mi) NNE of Kirkjubaejarklaustur (South) (pop: 119) --> See nearby quakes!
111 km (69 mi) WNW of Hofn (pop: 1,690) --> See nearby quakes!
119 km (74 mi) S of Laugar (Northeast) (pop: 1000) --> See nearby quakes!
120 km (75 mi) SSE of Akureyri (Northeast) (pop: 17,700) --> See nearby quakes!
154 km (96 mi) WSW of Egilsstaðir (pop: 2,300) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
228 km (142 mi) ENE of Kopavogur (Capital Region) (pop: 31,700) --> See nearby quakes!
231 km (144 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjordur (Capital Region) (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
231 km (144 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjörður (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
234 km (145 mi) ENE of Alftanes (Capital Region) (pop: 2,390) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.5 | 10 km | Iceland | GFZ |
| M 4.8 | 40 km | ICELAND | EMSC |
| M 5.0 | 8.5 km | 4.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga | IMO |
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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 227 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 17:11 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
