Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iceland on 21 Apr 2024 06:37 UTC

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M 5.3 in Iceland on 21 Apr 2024 06:37 UTC

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What's Da Scoops: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan | video

2024-04-24T03:25+0200exbulletin (en)

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri , Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,....

Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): M 5.4 quake yesterday

2024-04-22T05:23+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A new seismic activity occurred beneath the volcano recently. A volcano-tectonic earthquake with magnitude M 5.4 was registered at 06:37 UTC yesterday morning at 0.1 km depth. The quake is not an indicator of an imminent eruption yet. In the afternoon of 17 Oct, a particularly violent explosion....

Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - 234 km east of Reykjavik, Capital, Iceland, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 06:37 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-21T09:02+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 119 inhabitants in Iceland , in 102 km (63 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there. In the capital of , Reykjavik, 227 km (141 mi) away from the epicenter, the....

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