Latest today See all | Mag. 0.4 earthquake Iceland: 14.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga - |
Strongest today | Mag. 1.6 5.5 km SW of Bláfjallaskáli - |
Date and Time | Mag Depth | Nearest Volcano | Location | Details | Map |
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May 2, 01:01 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.4 1.3 km | Iceland: 14.5 km ESE of Bárðarbunga | Info | ||
May 2, 12:27 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.7 0.1 km | Iceland: 11.1 km NNW of Álftavatn | Info | ||
May 2, 12:27 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.3 3.8 km | Iceland: 1.4 km ENE of Stóra-Skógfell | Info | ||
May 2, 12:23 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.3 4.6 km | Iceland: 1.5 km NE of Stóra-Skógfell | Info | ||
May 2, 12:03 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.2 0.1 km | Iceland: 2.1 km SSE of Veðurstofan_í_Reykjavík | Info | ||
May 2, 12:00 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.9 3.1 km | Iceland: 11.9 km WSW of Landmannalaugar | Info | ||
May 2, 11:49 am (Reykjavik) | 1.4 0.1 km | 12.1 km NNW of Álftavatn | Info | ||
May 2, 11:42 am (Reykjavik) | 0.4 4.2 km | Iceland: 1.4 km ENE of Sýlingarfell | Info | ||
May 2, 11:28 am (Reykjavik) | 1.1 6.5 km | 6.0 km SSE of Helgafell | Info | ||
May 2, 10:28 am (Reykjavik) | 0.5 3.5 km | Iceland: 1.4 km N of Grindavík | Info | ||
May 2, 09:56 am (Reykjavik) | 0.0 1.1 km | Iceland: 0.9 km E of Sýlingarfell | 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 14 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 536 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 77 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 6.2 quakes per year).
The last earthquake in Iceland occurred 41 minutes ago and had a magnitude of 0.4:
A light magnitude 0.4 earthquake hit 230 km (143 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital, Iceland, around noon of Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 1.01 pm local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 1.3 km (0.8 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.
In the past 24 hours, Iceland has had 65 small quakes between magnitudes 1.0 and 1.6.
The strongest earthquake in Iceland in the past 24 hours had a magnitude of 1.6 and occurred 16 hours ago:
A light magnitude 1.6 earthquake hit 23 km (14 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital, Iceland, in the evening of Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 9.13 pm local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.7 km (2.9 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.
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