Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 225 km east of Reykjavik, Iceland, on Thursday, 11 September 2014 at 00:07 (GMT)

Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East, 225 km east of Reykjavik, Iceland, on Thursday, 11 September 2014 at 00:07 (GMT)

Tremblement de terre fort magnitude 5.2 at 10 km depth

11 Sep 00:13 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 5 minutes.
Sep 11 00:15: Magnitude recalculée de 5.0 à 5.2.
Date & time: 11 Sep 2014 00:07:41 UTC
Magnitude: 5.2
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.63°N / 17.36°W (Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, Est, Islande)
Volcan le plus près: Bardarbunga (4 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
99 km NNE de Kirkjubæjarklaustur (South) (pop: 119) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
111 km ONO de Hofn (pop: 1,690) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
121 km S de Laugar (Northeast) (pop: 1000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
122 km SSE de Akureyri (Northeast) (pop: 17,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
157 km OSO de Egilsstaðir (pop: 2,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
194 km NE de Vestmannaeyjar (South) (pop: 4,220) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
225 km ENE de Reykjavik (Capital Region) (pop: 118,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
226 km ENE de Kópavogur (Capital Region) (pop: 31,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
229 km ENE de Garðabær (Capital Region) (pop: 26,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
229 km ENE de Hafnarfjörður (pop: 26,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.210 kmIcelandGFZ
M 5.02 kmICELANDEMSC
M 5.110 km97km WNW of Hofn, IcelandUSGS
M 5.45.8 km7.1 km ESE of BárðarbungaIMO

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Rekyjavik (1697.9 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1331 quakes):
  • 09 Nov 2014 22:44 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    3.7 km (2.3 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 21:28 UTC
    | M 2.2 |
    6.7 km (4.2 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 21:19 UTC
    | M 5.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:50 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:50 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    6.9 km (4.3 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:50 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    6.9 km (4.3 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:20 UTC
    | M 2.0 |
    5 km (3.1 mi) depth
    |
    4 km (3 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:11 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    8 km (5 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:06 UTC
    | M 2.3 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:06 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    5.8 km (3.6 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 20:05 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    2.5 km (1.6 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 18:32 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    8.5 km (5.3 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 17:09 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    7.4 km (4.6 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 17:09 UTC
    | M 2.0 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 16:34 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    7.6 km (4.7 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
  • 09 Nov 2014 15:52 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    7.5 km (4.7 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | IMO | Details
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