M 4.6 in Iceland on 28 Feb 2021 00:19 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1257799
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.0429 , -22.1979
Event Date: 28 Feb 2021 00:19 UTC
28 Feb 2021 00:19 Local
Exposed Population:
260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Feb 2021 00:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000de8w Scaled population (vector) 6.31  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.62  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 40 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

El rugiente volcán Reykjanes en Islandia podría estallar en cualquier ... Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:08:00 +0100.

ciudad de Grindavik en la península de Reykjanes, Islandia, a unos 50 kilómetros al oeste de la capital, Reykjavik, en la cima de la Cordillera del Atlántico Medio, una de las tres áreas con mayor actividad sísmica del planeta. – En el tran
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Iceland: a possible eruption in preparation near ReykjavikWed, 03 Mar 2021 23:25:00 +0100.

A small lava eruption appears to be in preparation in southwest Iceland, about thirty kilometers from Reykjavik, Icelandic authorities announced on Wednesday, who do not however expect major consequences for residents and traffic. air. Shak
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Iceland braces for potential volcanic eruptionWed, 03 Mar 2021 23:03:00 +0100.

Reykjavik, March 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Mar, 2021 ) :A small volcanic eruption could be imminent on the southwestern tip of some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the capital Reykjavik, authorities said on Wednesday. Tremors
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Volcanic eruption pending by Reykjavík!Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:51:00 +0100.

Scientists warn that a volcanic eruption is starting by Reykjavik in the very next hours! An earthquake swarm has been rattling the ground by Reykjavik for the past week, more than 15.000 measured since the largest of 5.7 on the Richter sca
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),