A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Norðurþing in Iceland on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/25 / 2025-05-13 04:02:04 / May 13, 2025 @ 4:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:04 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -17.4323 West, latitude 66.478 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyxt. Unique identifier: us7000pyxt. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Akureyri (c. 17 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akureyri. Close country/countries, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km N of Norðurþing, Iceland.
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