A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sandgerði in Iceland on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -23.0731 West, latitude 63.8068 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 14:21:52 / May 24, 2025 @ 2:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:21:52 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000q1a9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1a9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Selfoss (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Selfoss, Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km SW of Sandgerði, Iceland. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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