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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. ...
[more] 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) (45 quakes) all M>2 M>3 M>4 M>5 |
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Time Mag. / Depth Distance Location Map Source Tue, 17 Jul (19 earthquakes)Tue, 17 Jul 19:17 UTC M 0.6 / 4 km - [info ] Hengill () 3.3 km SE of Geldinganes [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 18:46 UTC M 0.3 / 0.7 km - [info ] Hengill () 2.9 km SE of Geldinganes [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 18:21 UTC M 0.1 / 1.1 km - [info ] Hengill () 5.4 km NNE of Geldinganes [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 14:38 UTC M 1.5 / 9.9 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.9 km N of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 11:28 UTC M 1.2 / 10.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.4 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 11:27 UTC M 1.7 / 9 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 6.5 km N of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 11:26 UTC M 1.0 / 9.6 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.3 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 11:25 UTC M 1.3 / 9.8 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.5 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 11:00 UTC M 1.2 / 10.3 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.4 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 10:57 UTC M 1.7 / 9.8 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.0 km N of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 10:12 UTC M 1.7 / 8.4 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.0 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 06:49 UTC M 1.1 / 10.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.8 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 06:39 UTC M 1.5 / 4.9 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.2 km NE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 06:35 UTC M 0.8 / 9.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 6.4 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 04:44 UTC M 1.7 / 8.8 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.0 km ENE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 04:43 UTC M 1.2 / 8.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 3.6 km ENE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 03:28 UTC M 1.6 / 11.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 6.4 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 03:28 UTC M 0.9 / 9.4 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.5 km NNE of Eldey [Map] IMO Tue, 17 Jul 02:27 UTC M 2.4 / 10.5 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.3 km N of Eldey [Map] IMO (2670.1 km ESE from epicenter) / MMI II (Very weak shaking)Mon, 16 Jul Mon, 16 Jul 18:54 UTC M 0.7 / 4.4 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.7 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Jul 18:29 UTC M 0.3 / 3.9 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.6 km NNE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Jul 00:57 UTC M 1.0 / 3.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.5 km N of Grindavík [Map] IMO Mon, 16 Jul 00:57 UTC M 1.4 / 5.5 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.7 km NW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul (10 earthquakes)Sun, 15 Jul 23:49 UTC M 0.3 / 7 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.5 km SW of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 22:40 UTC M 2.0 / 5.3 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.0 km NW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 22:23 UTC M 1.7 / 8.2 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 8.0 km N of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 22:23 UTC M 1.1 / 5.4 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 4.3 km NW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 22:11 UTC M 0.6 / 5.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 9.5 km WNW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 21:04 UTC M 0.8 / 0.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 6.6 km N of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 16:31 UTC M 1.0 / 8.8 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 2.7 km ENE of Keilir [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 03:11 UTC M 1.8 / 12.5 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 6.6 km N of Eldey [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 00:49 UTC M 1.7 / 1.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 9.2 km SSE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sun, 15 Jul 00:19 UTC M 1.3 / 1.1 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 10.3 km S of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Jul Sat, 14 Jul 23:58 UTC M 1.5 / 6 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 8.8 km SE of Eldey [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Jul 17:26 UTC M 1.1 / 4.8 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 3.4 km SSE of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Jul 17:26 UTC M 0.6 / 3.5 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 3.0 km SSE of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Jul 11:30 UTC M 0.1 / 3.6 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 4.7 km S of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Sat, 14 Jul 04:27 UTC M 0.4 / 3.8 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 2.4 km SSW of Keilir [Map] IMO Fri, 13 Jul Fri, 13 Jul 16:11 UTC M 1.5 / 7.6 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 5.6 km NE of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Fri, 13 Jul 12:59 UTC M 1.8 / 5.8 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.5 km NW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Fri, 13 Jul 12:56 UTC M 2.0 / 5.7 km - [info ] Reykjanes () - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) 2.3 km NW of Reykjanestá [Map] IMO Fri, 13 Jul 03:56 UTC M 0.6 / 4.5 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.2 km NNE of Krýsuvík [Map] IMO Fri, 13 Jul 03:10 UTC M 0.9 / 6.9 km - [info ] Krísuvík () - Southwestern Iceland 1.0 km SSW of Fagradalsfjall [Map] IMO Wed, 11 Jul Wed, 11 Jul 22:46 UTC M 0.7 / 9.1 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 5.5 km SW of Bláfjallaskáli [Map] IMO Wed, 11 Jul 22:46 UTC M 0.2 / 11.6 km - [info ] Brennisteinsfjöll () - Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland 6.1 km SW of Bláfjallaskáli [Map] IMO
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