Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Thursday, 25 September 2014 at 05:00 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 5.4 quake Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 221 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, 21 September 2014 10:51 GMT, which had occurred 4 days earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
25 Sep 06:10 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.45°N / 17.29°W
(Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, Iceland)Nearest volcano: Grímsvötn (4 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
164 km (102 mi) WSW of Egilsstaðir (pop: 2,300) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.8 | 10 km | ICELAND | EMSC |
| M 5.1 | 10 km | Iceland | GFZ |
| M 4.8 | 8.9 km | 109km WNW of Hofn, Iceland | USGS |
| M 5.2 | 12 km | 7.2 km ESE of Bárðarbunga | IMO |
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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Thursday, 25 September 2014 at 05:00 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
