A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sandgerdi in Iceland on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -23.2531 West, latitude 63.9922 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:23:58 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 02:23:58 / July 1, 2015 @ 2:23 am. Event id: us10002mq6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002mq6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær, Reykjavík. Country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km W of Sandgerdi, Iceland. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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