M 5.6 in Iceland on 24 Feb 2021 10:05 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 63.8623 , -22.3579
Event Date: 24 Feb 2021 10:05 UTC
24 Feb 2021 10:05 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VIII
260000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000dkmk
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2021 10:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us6000dkmk Scaled population (raster) 2.61  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.62  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1360337 0.4 24 Feb 2021 10:05 5.6M, 10km 7.84 4 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1360344 0.4 24 Feb 2021 10:05 4.5M, 10km N/A 270 thousand (in 100km) 00:35 NEIC
1360411 0.4 24 Feb 2021 10:05 5.6M, 10km 8.09 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 05:01 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Iceland , Independent Town of Reykjavik (population 157,415) . The nearest places are Grindavík, Vogar, Njardhvikur, Kálfatjörn, Hafnir, Keflavík, Straumsvik, Býjarsker, Hafnarfjord, Strandakirkja, and Hofn.

Radius Population
100 km 260000 people
75 km 260000 people
50 km 240000 people
20 km 20000 people
10 km 3000 people
5 km 2100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Reykjavik Iceland 160000 people
Sudhurland Iceland 23000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Grindavík Iceland Village 2200 people 5 km
Vogar Iceland Village <1000 people 13 km
Njardhvikur Iceland Village - 16 km
Kálfatjörn Iceland Village - 17 km
Hafnir Iceland Village <1000 people 18 km
Keflavík Iceland City 7700 people 19 km
Straumsvik Iceland Village - 20 km
Býjarsker Iceland Village - 26 km
Hafnarfjord Iceland City - 31 km
Strandakirkja Iceland Village - 33 km
Kópavogur Iceland Village 25000 people 35 km
Reykjavík Iceland Capital 110000 people 38 km
Gufunes Iceland Village - 44 km
Mosfellsbær Iceland Village - 47 km
Porklakshofn Iceland Village - 47 km
Brautarholt Iceland Village - 49 km
Saurbær Iceland Village - 52 km
Akranes Iceland Village 5600 people 53 km
Hveragerði Iceland Village 1800 people 59 km
Eyrarbakki Iceland Village <1000 people 59 km
Innrihólmur Iceland Village - 59 km
Melar Iceland Village - 62 km
Stokkseyri Iceland Village <1000 people 64 km
Selfoss Iceland Village 5400 people 67 km
Leirá Iceland Village - 68 km
Reynivellir Iceland Village - 69 km
Úlfljótsvatn Iceland Village - 69 km
Álftanes Iceland Village - 70 km
Hofn Iceland Village - 70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Keflavik International KEF 52 Civ. Paved Yes 10000 18 km
Reykjavik Domestic RKV 14 Civ. Paved Yes 5700 36 km
Selfoss 20 0 65 km
Borgarfjordur Eystri BGJ unknown 0 70 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Keflavik-Njarovik ISKEV Iceland 18 km
Straumsvik ISSTR Iceland 25 km
Hafnarfjordur ISHAF Iceland 30 km
Skerjafjordur ISKJF Iceland 36 km
Reykjavik ISREY Iceland 38 km
Hvalfjordur Iceland 48 km
Akranes ISAKR Iceland 54 km
Eyrarbakki Iceland 59 km
Stokkseyri Iceland 64 km
Borgarnes ISBOR Iceland 78 km

More information

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