Latest today See all | Mag. 0.1 earthquake Iceland: 3.7 km NNE of Upptyppingar - |
Strongest today | Mag. 1.8 9.7 km NNW of Geirfuglasker - |
Date and Time | Mag Depth | Nearest Volcano | Location | Details | Map |
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Jun 2, 04:51 am (Reykjavik) | 0.1 1.1 km | Iceland: 3.7 km NNE of Upptyppingar | Info | ||
Jun 2, 02:24 am (Reykjavik) | 0.8 2.9 km | 13 km (8.1 mi) to the N | Iceland: 14.2 km WSW of Kópasker | Info | |
Jun 2, 02:11 am (Reykjavik) | 1.4 4.5 km | 14 km (8.7 mi) to the N | Iceland: 14.6 km W of Kópasker | Info | |
Jun 2, 01:53 am (Reykjavik) | 0.2 0.8 km | Iceland: 6.3 km SE of Herðubreiðarlindir | Info | ||
Jun 2, 01:42 am (Reykjavik) | 1.3 1.8 km | Iceland: 5.7 km SE of Herðubreiðarlindir | Info | ||
Jun 2, 12:33 am (Reykjavik) | 1.1 2 km | Iceland: 5.8 km SE of Herðubreiðarlindir | Info | ||
Jun 2, 12:33 am (Reykjavik) | 1.1 1.8 km | 5.7 km SE of Herðubreiðarlindir | Info | ||
Saturday, June 1, 2024 GMT (29 quakes) | |||||
Jun 1, 10:46 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.3 7.7 km | Iceland: 7.8 km NNE of Goðabunga | Info | ||
Jun 1, 10:19 pm (Reykjavik) | 0.9 2.1 km | Iceland: 6.0 km SE of Herðubreiðarlindir | 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 530 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 2 hours and 22 minutes ago and had a magnitude of 0.1:
A light magnitude 0.1 earthquake hit 290 km (180 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital, Iceland, in the early morning of Sunday, Jun 2, 2024 at 4.51 am local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 1.1 km (0.7 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.
In the past 24 hours, Iceland has had 36 small quakes between magnitudes 1.0 and 1.8.
The strongest earthquake in Iceland in the past 24 hours had a magnitude of 1.8 and occurred 17 hours ago:
A light magnitude 1.8 earthquake occurred under the sea near the coast of Iceland in the early afternoon of Saturday, Jun 1, 2024 at 2.42 pm local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 8.9 km (5.5 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.
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