A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Norðurþing in Iceland. Exact location of event, longitude -17.8354 West, latitude 66.5111 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000qgmh. Event ids that are associated: us6000qgmh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 23:48:55 / May 14, 2025 @ 11:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:48:55 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Akureyri (c. 17 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akureyri (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km NNW of Norðurþing, Iceland.
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