Overall Green Earthquake in Iceland on 13 Jun 2026 20:14 UTC

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M 4.8 in Iceland on 13 Jun 2026 20:14 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 1546133
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	64.5712 , -17.6115
Event Date:	13 Jun 2026 20:14 UTC 13 Jun 2026 20:14 Local
Exposed Population:	1 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at:	13 Jun 2026 20:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000ssqq	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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