Reykjanes Peninsula, 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 25,000 quakes on average per year on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years.

On average, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland has about 307 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 36.4 quakes per year).

The last earthquake on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland occurred 23 hours ago and had a magnitude of 1.2:

A light magnitude 1.2 earthquake hit 26 km (16 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital,  Iceland, in the morning of Saturday, Apr 27, 2024 at 10.54 am local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 7.1 km (4.4 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.

In the past 7 days, The Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland has had 1 quake of magnitude 3.1 and 2 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 319 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

The strongest earthquake on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland in the past 7 days had a magnitude of 3.1 and occurred 6 days ago:

A light magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit 53 km (33 mi) away from Reykjavik, Capital,  Iceland, in the early morning of Monday, Apr 22, 2024 at 4.53 am local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik GMT +0). The quake had a very shallow depth of 5.8 km (3.6 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter.