M 4.7 in Iceland on 02 Mar 2021 03:05 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 1258110
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.0146 , -22.224
Event Date: 02 Mar 2021 03:05 UTC
02 Mar 2021 03:05 Local
Exposed Population:
260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2021 03:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000deru Scaled population (vector) 6.11  
  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: 53 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Iceland could see volcanic eruption after recording 17k tremors in pas ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:41:00 +0100.

Iceland could be heading for a volcanic eruption after a staggering 17,000 tremors were felt in the southwest part of the island in the past week alone. The swarm of quakes on the Reykjanes Peninsula stretched all the way to the capital cit
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18,000 earthquakes in one week; Deadly volcanic eruption may happen in ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:05:00 +0100.

In a shocking development, the Icelandic Meteorological Office has confirmed more than 18,000 earthquakes in the region last week. Authorities also warned that this rise in seismic activities could result in a volcanic eruption. According t
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Islandia: la inusual ola de 18.000 terremotos que presagiarían décadas ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0100.

REIKIAVIK.- Breves y ligeros, los terremotos están a la orden del día en Islandia , el país insular del norte de Europa cuyos remotos volcanes, según los científicos, estarían al borde de una erupción. Más de 18.000 terremotos sacudieron el
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Iceland Has Experienced More Than 18,000 Earthquakes in the Last Week ... Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:59:00 +0100.

The largest was a 5.7-magnitude tremor on Feb. 24 around 10 a.m. local time. Another magnitude 5 quake hit just 30 minutes later, the agency The earthquakes have caused little damage so far, but they continue to unnerve residents in Reykja
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),