Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 215 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Friday, 26 September 2014 at 16:49 (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 5 days earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
26 Sep 16:56 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Sep 26 18:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 5.0.
Sep 26 18:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 5.0.
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.59°N / 17.55°W
(Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, Iceland)Nearest volcano: Bardarbunga (10 km / 6 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
167 km (104 mi) WSW of Egilsstaðir (pop: 2,300) --> See nearby quakes!
215 km (134 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 10 km | Iceland | GFZ |
| M 4.9 | 10 km | ICELAND | EMSC |
| M 4.9 | 6.8 km | 105km WNW of Hofn, Iceland | USGS |
| M 5.2 | 4.4 km | 5.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga | IMO |
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