A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hveragerdi in Iceland. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iz6z. Id of event: us2000iz6z. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 02:56:22 / December 30, 2018 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -21.0068 West, latitude 64.1613 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 02:56:22 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borgarnes, Akranes, Hafnarfjörður (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km NNE of Hveragerdi, Iceland.
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