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Latest news: Sunday, Oct 13, 2013
A shallow (10 km) magnitude 4.8 earthquake with many pre- and aftershocks (or a seismic swarm) occurred this morning (Sun) at 07:34 UTC at the SW tip of the Reykjanes peninsula, on the SW active rift zone. The swarm of earthquakes included several quakes of magnitude 3 and higher. The strongest earthquake was widely felt in SE Iceland. ...
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Friday, Aug 31, 2012
Yesterday, there was a lot of earthquake activity on Iceland. At noon, a swarm with about 50 quakes partly preceded and followed a
magnitude 4.2 quake at 5.8 km depth beneath the Reykjanes peninsula, near the axis of the the SW volcanic rift zone. Most quakes were between magnitudes 1-2 and at around 5 km depth. ...
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Reykjanes volcano Crater rows 230 m / 755 ft, Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland), 63.89°N / -22.52°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius): Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (24 quakes)
all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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Jun 2012 Jul 2012 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 all 2012 Jan 2013 Feb 2013 Mar 2013 Apr 2013 May 2013 Jun 2013 Jul 2013 Aug 2013 Sep 2013 Oct 2013 Nov 2013 Dec 2013 all 2013 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 Mar 2014 Apr 2014 May 2014 Jun 2014 Jul 2014 Aug 2014 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 all 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015 Sep 2015 Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015 all 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 May 2016 Jun 2016 Jul 2016 Aug 2016 Sep 2016 Oct 2016 Nov 2016 Dec 2016 all 2016 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 May 2017 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 Sep 2017 all 2017 all month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 show Updated: Fri, 22 Sep 13:25 UTC (GMT) Time Mag. / Depth Distance Location Map Source Wed, 20 Sep (7 earthquakes)Wed, 20 Sep 22:59 UTC M 1.5 / 7.4 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 6.4 km ENE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 22:54 UTC M 0.4 / 7 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 6.2 km ENE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 22:54 UTC M 0.7 / 8 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 6.3 km ENE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 11:08 UTC M 0.5 / 8.9 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 8.2 km ENE of Keilir [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 10:02 UTC M 1.2 / 3.3 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.7 km NNE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 10:02 UTC M 0.9 / 3.4 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.9 km NNE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Wed, 20 Sep 06:51 UTC M 0.8 / 0.1 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.5 km ENE of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep (13 earthquakes)Tue, 19 Sep 23:35 UTC M 0.3 / 6.4 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 5.0 km NNE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 17:21 UTC M 0.4 / 9.7 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 5.3 km SW of Bláfjallaskáli [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 15:19 UTC M 1.3 / 1.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.1 km ENE of Geirfuglasker [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 15:17 UTC M 1.6 / 6.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.8 km NE of Geirfuglasker [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 07:23 UTC M 0.8 / 5.3 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 0.6 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 04:11 UTC M 0.2 / 6.3 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.2 km SW of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 04:01 UTC M 1.1 / 5.3 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 0.9 km ENE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 04:01 UTC M 0.7 / 4.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.3 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 03:10 UTC M 1.3 / 5.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 0.6 km NE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 02:34 UTC M 0.5 / 4.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.8 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 02:31 UTC M 0.7 / 4.5 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.4 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 00:44 UTC M 0.5 / 4.4 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.8 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Tue, 19 Sep 00:43 UTC M 0.7 / 4.9 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 1.0 km NE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Mon, 18 Sep Mon, 18 Sep 18:10 UTC M 0.9 / 3.6 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 8.4 km NNW of Grindavík [Map] IMO Sun, 17 Sep Sun, 17 Sep 08:32 UTC M 1.2 / 1.1 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 7.9 km WSW of Bláfjallaskáli [Map] IMO Sun, 17 Sep 08:32 UTC M 1.7 / 7.2 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 5.6 km NE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Sun, 17 Sep 06:05 UTC M 1.0 / 1.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.0 km SW of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO
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Updated: Fri, 22 Sep 13:25 UTC (GMT)
