Latest today See all | Mag. 0.5 earthquake Iceland: 7.9 km NE of Krýsuvík - |
Strongest today | Mag. 1.9 12.0 km SW of Geirfugladrangur - |
Date and Time | Mag Depth | Nearest Volcano | Location | Details | Map |
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May 21, 07:02 am (Reykjavik) | 0.5 4.8 km | Iceland: 7.9 km NE of Krýsuvík | Info | ||
May 21, 06:48 am (Reykjavik) | 0.2 3.7 km | Iceland: 1.6 km NE of Suðurbotnar | Info | ||
May 21, 05:55 am (Reykjavik) | 1.4 19 km | Iceland: 29.2 km N of Borgarnes | Info | ||
May 21, 04:44 am (Reykjavik) | 0.9 7 km | Iceland: 3.5 km ESE of Raufarhólshellir | Info | ||
May 21, 02:36 am (Reykjavik) | 1.7 4.5 km | Iceland: 24.6 km N of Borgarnes | Info | ||
May 21, 02:26 am (Reykjavik) | 1.3 17 km | Iceland: 7.1 km N of Dreki | Info | ||
May 21, 01:47 am (Reykjavik) | 0.1 8.5 km | Iceland: 5.6 km ENE of Helgafell | Info | ||
May 21, 01:06 am (Reykjavik) | 1.1 0.7 km | Iceland: 14.2 km NW of Skaftafell | Info | ||
May 21, 12:43 am (Reykjavik) | 0.3 4 km | Iceland: 3.1 km SSE of Herðubreið | Info | ||
Monday, May 20, 2024 GMT (60 quakes) | |||||
May 20, 10:23 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.4 8.3 km | Iceland: 18.2 km NNW of Herðubreiðarfjöll | Info | ||
May 20, 10:06 pm (Reykjavik) | 1.2 1.1 km | Iceland: 15.5 km NNW of Skaftafell | Info |
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Iceland has a high level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 44,000 quakes on average per year in Iceland. Iceland has had at least 19 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.
On average, Iceland has about 532 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 76 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 6.2 quakes per year).
The last earthquake in Iceland occurred 13 minutes ago and had a magnitude of 0.5:
A light magnitude 0.5 earthquake hit 22 km (14 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital, Iceland, in the morning of Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7.02 am local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.8 km (3 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.
In the past 24 hours, Iceland has had 68 small quakes between magnitudes 1.0 and 1.9.
The strongest earthquake in Iceland in the past 24 hours had a magnitude of 1.9 and occurred 20 hours ago:
A light magnitude 1.9 earthquake occurred under the sea near the coast of Iceland in the morning of Monday, May 20, 2024 at 11.37 am local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 10 km (6 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
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