A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Reykjanesbær in Iceland. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q1ae. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1ae. The temblor was picked up at 15:42:32 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -22.6476° West, latitude 63.9682° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 15:42:32 / May 24, 2025 @ 3:42 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Selfoss, Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SW of Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
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