Date Region Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments
2023-10-24– Southern Peninsula 5.1Mw V Severe damage to Grindavik with evacuations NGDC
2022-07-31 Southern Peninsula 5.4Mw VII Moderate damage [1][2]
2021-02-24 Southern Peninsula 5.7Mw VII 1 mild injury Mild damage NGDC
2008-05-29 Hveragerði, Selfoss 6.3 Mw VIII 30 Rockslides
2000-06-21 Hesfjall, Southern Peninsula 6.5 ML X Severe damage
2000-06-17 Hella, Southern Peninsula 6.6 ML IX 3 Severe damage
1976-01-13 Kópasker 6.4 Ms IX Moderate damage NGDC
1968-12-05 Kleifarvatn, Southern Peninsula (Iceland) 6.0Ms VIII Moderate damage in Hafnarfjörður
1934-06-02 Dalvíkurbyggð 6.2Ms VIII Major damage, 200 people homeless NGDC,[3]
1929-07-23 Brennisteinsfjöll, Southern Peninsula (Iceland) 6.5Ms IX Around 100 minor Moderate damage in Reykjavík
1912-05-06 Hekla, Southern Peninsula 7.5 XI 11 NGDC
1896-09-05 Southern Peninsula 6.0, 6.5 and 6.0 IX 3 Three major earthquakes with short intervals. (Around 3.000 houses or farms destroyed)
1896-08-27 Skarðsfjall, Southern Peninsula 6.7 X 1 NGDC
1896-08-26 Rangárvallasýrsla ,Southern Peninsula 7.0 X Major damage, many farms destroyed
1872 Húsavík, Norðurþing 6.5 Heavy damage [3]
1784-08-14 Southern (Suðurland) X Severe damage NGDC
1734 Southern lowland 9 Severe damage / Many homes destroyed NGDC
1706-04-20 Selfoss X 999 Severe damage NGDC
1211 Southern (Suðurland) X 18 Severe damage
1182 Southern (Suðurland) X 11 NGDC
1164 Grímsnes X 19 NGDC
1013 Southern (Suðurland) X 11 NGDC
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. A compilation exists,[4] for details of Icelandic earthquakes up to 2014 as some have been without significant damage, even if high magnitude events.

See also

References

  1. ^ "M 5.4 – 1 km SE of Vogar, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Series Of Earthquakes Detected Over Holiday Weekend Could Signal New Eruption". grapevine.is. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Einarsson & Beer 2014, p. 8.
  4. ^ Einarsson & Beer 2014.
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External links

List of earthquakes in Europe
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