M 5.6 in Iceland on 24 Feb 2021 10:05 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 1257258
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 63.9602 , -22.2736
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
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2021 15:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us6000dkmk Scaled population (raster) 2.57  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  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

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Continuing quakes as the tectonic plates splitting Iceland moveSun, 28 Feb 2021 04:30:00 +0100.

The recent 4.7 earthquake which occurred 29 km southwest of Reykjavic, Iceland, was only one of the quakes which exceeded a magnitude 4.0. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) the ongoing earthquake swarm in Iceland produc
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Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.7 reported 29 km southwest of Reykj ... Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:48:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 hit near the Iceland capital of Reykjavik on 28 Feb. 2021, at 12:19 am local time. The quake occurred 29 km southwest of Reykjavik, at a shallow depth of 5.3 km. This quake is a part of the ongoing eart
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Iceland: Magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake occurs near Reykjavik Feb. ... Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:23:00 +0100.

Event. A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred in southwest Iceland at 0807 Feb. 27. The epicenter was about 15 km (9 miles) southwest of Reykjavik. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 5 km (3 miles), and light shaking was probably felt thr
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),