A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported Reykjanes Ridge (0 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us7000rkm7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkm7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 21:37:51 / December 24, 2025 @ 9:37 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:37:51 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -32.2422° West, latitude 58.3744° North, depth = 10 km.

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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