Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, 18 October 2014 at 09:40 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, 18 October 2014 at 09:40 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

18 Oct 09:46 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
Oct 18 11:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.2.
Date & time: 18 Oct 2014 09:40:15 UTC
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.77°N / 17.44°W (Iceland)
Nearest volcano: Bardarbunga (17 km / 11 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
96 km (59 mi) S of Stafn (pop: 25) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) S of Laugar (pop: 1000) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) SSE of Akureyri (pop: 17,700) --> See nearby quakes!
121 km (75 mi) WNW of Hofn (pop: 1,690) --> See nearby quakes!
142 km (88 mi) S of Norðurþing (pop: 2,230) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) ENE of Reykjavik (pop: 118,900) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) ENE of Kopavogur (pop: 31,700) --> See nearby quakes!
230 km (143 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjordur (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
230 km (143 mi) ENE of Hafnarfjörður (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
232 km (144 mi) ENE of Alftanes (pop: 2,390) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.210 kmIcelandGFZ
M 4.94 km ICELANDEMSC
M 5.03.4 km111km WNW of Hofn, IcelandUSGS
M 5.40.1 km5.4 km NNE of BárðarbungaIMO

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Aftershocks of the 5.2 quake 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, 18 October 2014 09:40 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1841 quakes):
  • 17 Dec 2014 09:38 UTC
    | M 2.2 |
    8.4 km (5.2 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 09:34 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 09:34 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    8.5 km (5.3 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 09:34 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    8.5 km (5.3 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 07:31 UTC
    | M 2.2 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 07:21 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    9.3 km (5.8 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 07:21 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    9.3 km (5.8 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 05:52 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    1.9 km (1.2 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 05:52 UTC
    | M 2.0 |
    1.9 km (1.2 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 04:56 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    6.6 km (4.1 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 03:39 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    0.1 km (0.1 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 03:33 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    4.3 km (2.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 00:47 UTC
    | M 2.0 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 00:47 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    9.7 km (6 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 00:47 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    9.7 km (6 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 17 Dec 2014 00:20 UTC
    | M 2.4 |
    9.2 km (5.7 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
    • Show all

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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 225 km east of Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, 18 October 2014 at 09:40 (GMT)
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