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Reykjanes peninsual (Iceland): shallow magnitude 4.8 earthquake

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]
Iceland: M4 earthquake and swarms on Reykjanes Peninsula and Kolbeinsey Ridge
Earthquakes on and around Iceland on 30 Aug - the Kolbeinsey Ridge is the area with the yellow dots to the north (map: Icelandic Met Office)
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. ... [more]
 

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) (11 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Tue, 22 Jan 01:55 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Mon, 21 Jan
Mon, 21 Jan 01:56 UTCM 1.5 / 5.9 km - [info]Reykjanes (10 km) - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)4.0 km SSW of Fagradalsfjall
[Map]		IMO
Mon, 21 Jan 01:14 UTCM 1.7 / 8.3 km - [info]Reykjanes (7 km) - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)2.3 km NNE of Grindavík
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Jan
Sun, 20 Jan 10:04 UTCM 0.6 / 4.8 km - [info]Krísuvík (6 km) - Southwestern Iceland4.5 km NE of Krýsuvík
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Jan 09:27 UTCM 0.3 / 0.1 km - [info]Krísuvík (3 km) - Southwestern Iceland4.0 km ENE of Keilir
[Map]		IMO
Sun, 20 Jan 05:04 UTCM 1.0 / 5.7 km - [info]Krísuvík (5 km) - Southwestern Iceland4.8 km S of Keilir
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Jan
Sat, 19 Jan 19:53 UTCM 0.7 / 6.2 km - [info]Krísuvík (2 km) - Southwestern Iceland3.2 km NNW of Krýsuvík
[Map]		IMO
Sat, 19 Jan 15:13 UTCM 1.4 / 3.2 km - [info]Krísuvík (6 km) - Southwestern Iceland1.3 km ESE of Krýsuvík
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Jan
Wed, 16 Jan 22:26 UTCM 0.9 / 6.2 km - [info]Reykjanes (10 km) - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)4.5 km N of Reykjanestá
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Jan 13:11 UTCM 1.7 / 1.1 km - [info]Krísuvík (14 km) - Southwestern Iceland4.6 km WNW of Straumsvík
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Jan 09:25 UTCM 2.5 / 4.3 km - [info]Reykjanes (6 km) - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)5.7 km NNE of Grindavík
[Map]		IMO
Wed, 16 Jan 02:06 UTCM 0.7 / 4.4 km - [info]Reykjanes (1 km) - Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland)7.9 km NNW of Grindavík
[Map]		IMO

 

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