Mag. 4.4 earthquake - 3.6 Km SSE of Bárðarbunga on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 17:05 (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 4.4 earthquake at 1 km depth
20 Sep 18:13 UTC: First to report: IMO after 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 1.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.611°N / 17.496°W
(Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, Iceland)Nearest volcano: Bardarbunga (3 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
95 km (59 mi) NNE of Kirkjubaejarklaustur (South) (pop: 119) --> See nearby quakes!
117 km (72 mi) WNW of Hofn (pop: 1,690) --> See nearby quakes!
122 km (76 mi) SSE of Akureyri (Northeast) (pop: 17,700) --> See nearby quakes!
208 km (129 mi) ENE of Mosfellsbær (pop: 8,650) --> See nearby quakes!
218 km (136 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
220 km (136 mi) ENE of Kopavogur (Capital Region) (pop: 31,700) --> See nearby quakes!
221 km (137 mi) ENE of Garðabær (pop: 11,400) --> See nearby quakes!
222 km (138 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjordur (Capital Region) (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
222 km (138 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjörður (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) ENE of Alftanes (Capital Region) (pop: 2,390) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: IMO (Icelandic Met Office)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.4 | 1 km | 3.6 km SSE of Bárðarbunga | IMO |
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