Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iceland on 14 May 2022 16:56 UTC

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M 4.5 in Iceland on 14 May 2022 16:56 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	64.1153 , -21.3144
Event Date:	14 May 2022 16:56 UTC 14 May 2022 16:56 Local
Exposed Population:	270 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000hl5m
Inserted at:	14 May 2022 17:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000hl5m	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1443283		0	14 May 2022 16:56	4.5M, 10km	6.16	270 thousand (in 100km)		00:33	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 , Region of Sudhurland (population 4,767) . The nearest places are Úlfljótsvatn, Hveragerði, Thingvellir, Mosfellsbær, Gufunes, Selfoss, Klausturholar, Reykjavík, Eyrarbakki, Porklakshofn, and Keldur.

Radius	Population
100 km	270000 people
75 km	270000 people
50 km	240000 people
20 km	8900 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sudhurland	Iceland	4800 people
Reykjavik	Iceland	63000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Úlfljótsvatn	Iceland	Village	-	13 km
Hveragerði	Iceland	Village	1800 people	14 km
Thingvellir	Iceland	Village	-	18 km
Mosfellsbær	Iceland	Village	-	20 km
Gufunes	Iceland	Village	-	25 km
Selfoss	Iceland	Village	5400 people	25 km
Klausturholar	Iceland	Village	-	27 km
Reykjavík	Iceland	Capital	110000 people	28 km
Eyrarbakki	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	29 km
Porklakshofn	Iceland	Village	-	29 km
Kópavogur	Iceland	Village	25000 people	29 km
Reynivellir	Iceland	Village	-	29 km
Laugarvatn	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	29 km
Saurbær	Iceland	Village	-	31 km
Hafnarfjord	Iceland	City	-	31 km
Brautarholt	Iceland	Village	-	31 km
Miðsandur	Iceland	Village	-	33 km
Stokkseyri	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	33 km
Strandakirkja	Iceland	Village	-	36 km
Geitaberg	Iceland	Village	-	38 km
Skálholt	Iceland	Village	-	38 km
Villingaholt	Iceland	Village	-	39 km
Saurbaer	Iceland	Village	-	39 km
Innrihólmur	Iceland	Village	-	40 km
Ólafsvellir	Iceland	Village	-	40 km
Straumsvik	Iceland	Village	-	41 km
Leirá	Iceland	Village	-	42 km
Fitjar	Iceland	Village	-	43 km
Akranes	Iceland	Village	5600 people	44 km
Melar	Iceland	Village	-	47 km
Kálfatjörn	Iceland	Village	-	49 km
Lundur	Iceland	Village	-	49 km
Háfur	Iceland	Village	-	49 km
Geysir	Iceland	Village	-	50 km
Hofn	Iceland	Village	-	51 km
Hvanneyri	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	52 km
Hruni	Iceland	Village	-	52 km
Bjóluhverfi	Iceland	Village	-	53 km
Hella	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	53 km
Vogar	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	54 km
Árbær	Iceland	Village	-	55 km
Álftanes	Iceland	Village	-	56 km
Borgarnes	Iceland	Village	1800 people	56 km
Bær	Iceland	Village	-	58 km
Reykholt	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	61 km
Asolfsstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	62 km
Langarfoss	Iceland	Village	-	62 km
Keflavík	Iceland	City	7700 people	63 km
Stori As	Iceland	Village	-	63 km
AEdharvatn	Iceland	Village	-	63 km
Grindavík	Iceland	Village	2200 people	63 km
Njardhvikur	Iceland	Village	-	65 km
Haugar	Iceland	Village	-	65 km
Hjarðarholt	Iceland	Village	-	66 km
Siðmúli	Iceland	Village	-	66 km
Ás	Iceland	Village	-	67 km
Hvolsvöllur	Iceland	Village	-	67 km
Akurey	Iceland	Village	-	68 km
Býjarsker	Iceland	Village	-	68 km
Keldur	Iceland	Village	-	69 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
Selfoss		20				0	25 km
Reykjavik Domestic	RKV	14	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	31 km
Borgarfjordur Eystri	BGJ	unknown				0	51 km
Keflavik International	KEF	52	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	65 km
Vestmannaeyjar	VEY	97	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Skerjafjordur	ISKJF	Iceland	29 km
Eyrarbakki		Iceland	29 km
Reykjavik	ISREY	Iceland	30 km
Hafnarfjordur	ISHAF	Iceland	31 km
Stokkseyri		Iceland	34 km
Straumsvik	ISSTR	Iceland	37 km
Hvalfjordur		Iceland	37 km
Akranes	ISAKR	Iceland	44 km
Borgarnes	ISBOR	Iceland	55 km
Keflavik-Njarovik	ISKEV	Iceland	62 km
Vestmannaeyjahofn	ISVES	Iceland	91 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sultartangalon	Sultartangi	Tungnaa	1983	87 km

More information

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