A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Sandgerði in Iceland on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -22.9589° West, 63.8894° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:45:06 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qj6s. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qj6s. Global time and date of event 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 15:45:06 / May 24, 2025 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borgarnes, Mosfellsbær, Akranes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 20 km SW of Sandgerði, Iceland.

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