A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Keflavík in Iceland on Saturday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:36:50 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000q1ad. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1ad. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 15:36:50 / May 24, 2025 @ 3:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -22.511° West, latitude 64.0368° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Selfoss, Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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: 4 km NE of Keflavík, Iceland.
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