A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Sandgerdi in Iceland. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 02:25:42 / July 1, 2015 @ 2:25 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:25:42 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -23.0399° West, 63.8806° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us10002mpu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002mpu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Borgarnes (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær, Akranes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km SW of Sandgerdi, Iceland.
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