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

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Uncertainty level announced yesterday due to earthquakes

2022-05-17T08:38+0200digitpatrox (en)

Gunnuhver in theReykjanes peninsula. A number of earthquakes are actually within the space. Morgunblaðið/Sigurður Bogi. Within the final week greater than 3000 earthquakes have been detected within the final week near Eldvörp within the Reykjanes/Svartsengi volcanic system and yesterday the Civil....

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 43 km southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland

2022-05-15T19:55+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A very shallow magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Reykjavik, Reykjavíkurborg, Capital Region, Iceland . According to the Icelandic Met Office (IMO), the quake hit on Sunday, May 15th, 2022, at 5:38 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 3.9 km.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Near Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 4:56 pm (GMT +0)

2022-05-14T19:08+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland We are receiving unverified early reports of ground shaking possibly caused by seismic activity in or near Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland on 14 May 2022 (GMT) at approximately 16:55 GMT.

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