M 4.7 in Iceland on 28 May 2022 08:06 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 1324316
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.4175 , -17.9109
Event Date: 28 May 2022 08:06 UTC
28 May 2022 08:06 Local
Exposed Population:
3 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 28 May 2022 08:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hd8i 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.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 11 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Skaftárhreppur, Sou ... 2022-05-28T10:40+0200.

A shallow magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported in the morning near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Skaftárhreppur, South, Iceland. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Saturday, May 28th, 2022, at 8:06 am l
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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - South, 195 km east of Reykjavik, Reykja ... 2022-05-28T10:40+0200.

A shallow magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported in the morning near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Skaftárhreppur, South, Iceland. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Saturday, May 28th, 2022, at 8:06 am l
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Sciame sismico in Islanda: centinaia di scosse al giorno vicino al Mon ... 2022-05-26T18:12+0200.

Centinaia di scosse vengono rilevate ogni giorno nella Penisola di Reykjanes, nell’ Islanda sudoccidentale. Nell’ultimo mese, sono stati rilevati circa 7.300 terremoti , vicino al Monte Þorbjörn e alla centrale elettrica di Svartsengi. Vent
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From Iceland — 400 Earthquakes Detected In The Last 24 Hours2022-05-24T10:31+0200.

About 400 earthquakes have been detected within the final 24 hours on the Reykjanes peninsula, RÚV reviews . New photographs of the realm that may assist to raised establish what’s going on within the space might be obtainable quickly. Ar
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),